Funding to repair and rebuild Wrangell’s Public Safety Building is her top priority for federal aid for the community, said Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
It’s among the more than 500 requests for federal money the state’s senior senator has submitted for inclusion in a dozen different appropriation bills that Congress will consider for the federal fiscal year that starts Oct. 1.
The requests from across the state total about $2.5 billion, Murkowski said in an interview May 16.
“Believe me, we won’t get $2.5 billion,” she quickly added.
The 40-year-old Pu...
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