Murkowski talks energy costs, brings AFN attendees to their feet

US Senator Lisa Murkowski speaks to attendees at AFN. Megan Edge / KTVA
Lowering rural energy costs is one of US Senator Lisa Murkowski’s “top priorities,” she said at a mid-morning address to Alaska Federation of Natives attendees. The crowd of convention-goers shouted and cheered quietly, as she spoke of an Aniak foster mother who was caught between paying her home heating bill and formula for the baby she was fostering.
“She gave me the receipt for her heating and I c