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The Hill reports: Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Monday that late Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), who was the longest-serving member of the House until his death on Friday, will lie in state in the Capitol next week. Young will lie in state in National Statuary Hall on Tuesday, March 29. There will be a formal ceremony to honor Young that …

The Anchorage Press reports: According to a source close to Dr. Al Gross, the orthopedic surgeon from Southeast Alaska, who ran unsuccessfully to unseat Dan Sullivan in the 2020 U.S. Senate race, plans to enter the 2022 race for Alaska’s at-large House of Representatives seat now vacant with the passing of Don Young [photo] on Friday. Gross, who ran as …

The Anchorage Daily News reports: Alaska U.S. Rep. Don Young died Friday, his office said. His wife, Anne, was by his side, his office said in statement. “It’s with heavy hearts and deep sadness that we announce Congressman Don Young, the Dean of the House and revered champion for Alaska, passed away today while traveling home to Alaska to be …

Alaska Public Radio reports: U.S. Rep. Don Young, 87, has tested positive for COVID-19, he announced in a tweet Thursday. Young, a Republican, was first elected in 1973 and is now the Dean of the House, meaning he’s the longest-serving member of Congress. He’s also the chamber’s oldest member. He photographed at one of his fundraisers not wearing a mask …

The Anchorage Daily News reports: Alaska’s lone member of the U.S. House, Rep. Don Young, told a gathering of senior citizens last week that dangers posed by the coronavirus pandemic — the “beer virus,” he called it — have been overblown due to media-fueled hysteria. Speaking on Friday at Mat-Su Senior Services, a Palmer nonprofit that provides housing and services …

The Huffington Post reports: Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) came up with a novel way to avoid a question about President Donald Trump on Thursday. Instead of ignoring the activists from the progressive group MoveOn.org who were asking it, he head-butted their camera. “There you go,” he said, then walked into an elevator to end the strange encounter. He never answered …