Podcast: Hello Alaska

Hello Alaska

075 – State of the Pizza

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• 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)

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074 - Babies Babies Babies

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• 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

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073 - Getting Organized

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Recorded 1/22/2023 – Talking about the first week of legislative session.

• New Republican House Majority outlines its priorities, kind of (Buxton / MNS)
• Alaska House majority forms to the right of the Senate’s (George / APM)
• Fresh in power, Alaska House’s new Republican-led coalition outlines its priorities (Brooks / AB)
• Alaska, source of carbon-emitting fossil fuels, aims to raise money by storing carbon (Phu / AB)
• Letter: Spending cap counterpoint (Race / ADN Letters)
• Do Alaskans Really get Paid to Live There? (King / King Economics)

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072 - New Fears

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• 2022 wasn’t as bad as expected, but then again, we weren’t expecting much (Buxton / MNS)
• Anchorage is still struggling to remove snow, weeks after a trio of winter storms (Early / APM)
• Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson abruptly replaces Municipal Manager Amy Demboski (Hughes & Goodykoontz / ADN)
• Decision in Eastman case will not be appealed (Buxton / MNS)
• Alaska lawmaker with Oath Keepers ties eligible for office (AP)
• State workers say chronic understaffing caused food stamp backlog (Stremple / KTOO)
• State Public Assistance director is no longer in her post following news of months-long waits for food stamps (Stremple / KTOO)
• Alaska projects in $1.7 trillion bill have Murkowski beaming; Sullivan votes no (Ruskin / KTOO)

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071 - Moderate Success

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• In preliminary results, Democrats appear likely to flip two Alaska Senate seats (APM)
• Democrats, independents make key gains in latest legislative results (MNS)
• Updated election results solidify incumbents’ positions in Alaska’s statewide races (ADN)
• With more votes counted, Alaska House races are split 20-20 between Republicans and others (AB)
• Alaska Gov. Dunleavy still on track to secure another term with more ballots counted (APM)