Alaska's newly elected Republican U.S. Rep. Nick Begich III cast his first vote on Friday, supporting Louisiana Republican Rep. Mike Johnson for House speaker on the first day of the 119th Congress.
Nonetheless, Eisenhower signed legislation making Alaska a state on July 7, 1958. On January 3, 1959, Alaska was officially admitted as the 49th state. That same year, Hawaii would become the 50th.
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the state must take steps to address chronic delays in processing Alaskans' applications for food assistance, after repeated application backlogs. U.S. District ...