HOUR 1
- Tom S is back from Hawaii
- De-extension company targeting Dodo bird, Tasmanian Tiger, and Wooly Mountain / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/de-extinction-dodo-colossal-biosciences?
- Dances with Wolves actor arrested / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2023/02/01/dances-with-wolves-actor-arrested-in-nevada-sex-abuse-case/
- Joe from South Anchorage on Pebble Mine being stopped by the Federal government
- American Indians and Natives in chronic despair / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/02/01/1152222968/native-americans-left-out-of-deaths-of-despair-research
- Ambassador Francis Rooney represented Florida’s 19th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives from 2017 to 2021. From 2005 to 2008 he served as the United States Ambassador to the Holy See, appointed by President George W. Bush / Purchase / The Global Vatican https://www.amazon.com/Global-Vatican-Catholic-Extraordinary-Relationship/dp/1442223618
HOUR 2
- State Representative Kevin McCabe with a legislative update / (MR) https://mustreadalaska.com/rep-kevin-mccabe-defined-benefit-golden-handcuffs-and-hb-22s-hidden-fiscal-dangers-for-the-future-state-budget/
- Bus drivers, monitors, and attendants in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District announced Tuesday that they are officially on strike, protesting against what they say are unfair labor practices (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/01/31/mat-su-school-bus-drivers-go-strike-after-dropping-students-off-schools/
- The head of the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development unexpectedly resigned Tuesday, causing Gov. Mike Dunleavy to name Deputy Commissioner Cathy Muñoz the agency’s acting boss.
Commissioner Tamika Ledbetter’s resignation was announced in an email from the governor’s office Tuesday afternoon, and state legislators (ADN) https://www.adn.com/politics/2023/02/01/alaska-labor-commissioner-unexpectedly-resigns-for-undisclosed-reasons/ - Alaska’s most expensive earmarked project in the federal spending bill funds a $99 million sports and fitness center at Fort Wainwright / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/military/2023/01/31/alaskas-top-funded-earmark-is-a-99m-gym-at-fort-wainwright-officials-say-it-will-promote-military-mental-health/
