078 – The Just Right Gang Hello Alaska 078 – The Just Right Gang Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / 59:36 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Proposal could restructure Permanent Fund (Symmes/ANS) Alaska lawmakers want to combine permanent fund accounts (Jarrett / YAL) Legislators move to prevent overspending of Permanent Fund (Cordova Times) FISCAL POLICY WORKING GROUP FINAL REPORT
077 – Root Problems Hello Alaska 077 – Root Problems Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / 57:01 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Alaska, Mercer settle pensions lawsuit (2010 – Rosen & Comlay / Reuters) Alaska’s state retirement system shows a benefits gap compared to old pension plan (Brooks / AB) Senate majority introduces plan to overhaul Alaska’s public retirement system (Samuels / ADN) State workers say chronic understaffing caused food stamp backlog (Stremple / APM) Department behind Alaska’s food stamp backlog will soon be processing 260K Medicaid reapplications (Stremple / APM) Changes being proposed for short term rentals in Juneau (KINY) Alaska Legislature rejects pay raise for governor, commissioners (Maguire / ADN) UA Deferred Maintenance Slides Alaska lawmaker censured for asking if fatal child abuse saved taxpayer money (Halpert / BBC) Rep. Eastman sparks outrage after asking about the potential economic benefits of the deaths of abused Alaska children (Maguire / ADN)
076 – A Dime Among Nickels Hello Alaska 076 – A Dime Among Nickels Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / 33:29 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed An early session interview with Rep. Genevieve Mina. Meet Genevieve Mina, Alaska’s second Filipino legislator (Elizarde / KTOO) From the debate team to the Alaska House: An interview with Rep. Genevieve Mina (Hersh / ALM) Themla Buchholdt – Alaska Women’s Hall of Fame
075 – State of the Pizza Hello Alaska 075 – State of the Pizza Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / 36:36 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Retiring from the high court, Alaska’s chief justice defends its system of selecting judges (Brooks / AB) Chief justice bids lawmakers a fervent farewell (Sabbatini / JE) Police and firefighter pension bill, long sought by unions, is revived in Alaska House (Brooks / AB) Alaska senators say $1,000 increase to per student funding is “beginning of a conversation” (Phu / AB) Climate activists hold rally near the Capitol (Larson / JE)
074 – Babies Babies Babies Hello Alaska 074 - Babies Babies Babies Play Episode Pause Episode Mute/Unmute Episode Rewind 10 Seconds 1x Fast Forward 30 seconds 00:00 / 50:18 Subscribe Share RSS Feed Share Link Embed Anchorage’s Duke Russell earns special nod as Rasmuson Foundation names Individual Artist Award recipients (Bieri / ADN) Watch: Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s 2023 State of the State address (KTOO 360TV) Dunleavy says he wants Alaska to be the nation’s ‘most pro-life state’ (Samuels & Maguire / ADN) Gov. Dunleavy says his carbon storage bills could bring Alaska ‘billions,’ but many unknowns remain (Maguire & DeMarban / ADN) With songs and speeches, Alaskans rally in Juneau for more education funding (Anastas / KTOO) The Alaska Current