U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg listens as U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, talks with the press Wednesday afternoon at Juneau International Airport.

When U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg’s flight from Juneau to Haines was rained out on Wednesday, he changed plans and did what Alaskans have done for decades: He boarded a ferry.

Murkowski, together with Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, were two of the key votes needed in the U.S. Senate to pass the law through the chamber, and Murkowski used Buttigieg’s trip on Wednesday to ...

U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks with reporters at the Juneau International Airport on Wednesday Aug. 16, 2023. (Mikko Wilson/KTOO) Sen. Lisa Murkowski reiterated her opposition to ...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski told Insider she spoke with Pete Buttigieg on the phone for 30 minutes Tuesday. Joe Biden is aiming for a massive infrastructure bill and Buttigieg is doing the groundwork.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg listens to Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska talk about the importance of the Alaska Marine Highway System on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, in the ferry ...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, pose for pictures and video aboard the ferry Hubbard on Wednesday, in Lynn Canal, outside Juneau, Alaska.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will travel to Alaska next week, with stops in Kotzebue, Anchorage and Southeast. On the three-day trip from Aug. 14 to 16, Buttigieg ...