The majority of the public boat harbors in Alaska were constructed and funded by the state during the 1960s and 1970s. Over the last 30 years, those state subsidies have dried up.
Washington, DC (KINY) - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, secured investments for Alaska in the Energy and Water; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD); and State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) Appropriations Act of 2024, which were approved by the committee will now advance to the full Senate for consideration.