US funds Coast Guard icebreaker in massive spending package

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The massive spending bill that Congress approved last week includes funding for a new polar icebreaker, spending that Alaska’s three-member congressional delegation has been pushing for. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the funding includes $655 million for designing and building the icebreaker for the U.S. Coast Guard, as well as $20 […]