{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://www.murkowski.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=80b2d4b3-333a-434a-b954-d1316c6e6564", "Murkowski Hires New Legislative Director", "2013-12-02", "2013", "2013-12", "Republican", "House", "AK", "Lisa Murkowski", "M001153", "www.murkowski.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "12.02.13\n\t\t\t Murkowski Hires New Legislative Director  \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t Senator Promotes Juneau-Born and Raised Former Stevens Staffer to Direct Policy Aims\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014Senator Lisa Murkowski today announced the promotion of Kate Williams to become her new Legislative Director in Washington, DC, to oversee her legislative efforts in the United States Senate.\u00a0 Williams will fill the vacancy created by Tara Shaw\u2019s departure to run the policy operations of Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY).\r\n\u201cKate Williams has a stellar track record of advancing Alaskan issues and serving Alaskans \u2013 and I look forward to having her hand guiding our policy aims as we do what\u2019s right for our state and nation,\u201d said Senator Murkowski.\u00a0 \u201cKate has been instrumental in guiding oil and gas issues on the Energy Committee; Alaskans will benefit greatly from her guidance on a broader portfolio of issues in her new role as Legislative Director.\u201d\r\nBorn and raised in Juneau, Kate Williams has had a robust resume rising from front desk staffer for Senator Ted Stevens to eventually becoming his legislative director. After Stevens left office, Williams practiced law in Anchorage, worked for the Alaska Oil and Gas Association and then joined Senator Murkowski\u2019s Energy Committee team as the Oil and Gas Counsel.\u00a0 She graduated from Juneau-Douglas H.S. received an undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina and got her law degree from the University of San Diego.\r\nWilliams begins today.\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n(Kate Williams)\r\n\u00a0\r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n    \n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n     \n\t\n \n\t\n    \n    \n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t  \n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://www.murkowski.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=80b2d4b3-333a-434a-b954-d1316c6e6564"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5831906348466873, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}