HOUR 1
- French citizens continue to protest the raising of the retirement / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/french-president-raise-retirement-age?
- The Cure agrees with fans that ticket prices are too high / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/03/16/ticketmaster-the-cure-ticket-prices-fees?
- Happy St Patrick's Day
- SNAP benefits will be reduced / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/03/17/1163131918/snap-benefits-food-hunger-pandemic-assistance
- Members of the Biden family received more than $1 million in payments from accounts related to Hunter Biden’s business associate Rob Walker and their Chinese business ventures in 2017, subpoenaed financial records obtained by the House Oversight Committee reveal / (FOXNews)
- Voters heading to the ballot box next month will find over $37 million of school bonds put forth by the Anchorage School District /(ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/03/16/school-bonds-costing-37m-security-structure-repairs-april-municipal-ballot/
- Alaska’s economy experienced uncertainty and volatility since the early 2000s, and now the 2020s are shaping up to be the first major bend in what could be a protracted “bust” after oil booms earlier in the 20th century / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/03/17/dire-state-economy-forecasted-by-recent-statistics-outmigration-alaskas-workforce/
- State Representative Kevin McCabe with a legislative update
HOUR 2
- Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson says he wants to defund the nonprofitthat works withthe city’s community councils after its manager, at a recent meeting with Girdwood residents, indicated he’d advised the residents on a strategy to kill a housing development proposal / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2023/03/16/mayor-calls-for-defunding-community-council-nonprofit-after-managers-remarks-on-effort-to-kill-girdwood-project/
- Mike Robbins with a Ukrainian Relief update
- Paul Asay from Plugged In reviewing Shazam Fury of the Gods, The Magician's Elephant
- The womanselected to lead the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development declined the position two weeks after the governor said he would appoint her to the role / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/politics/2023/03/16/governors-pick-for-alaska-education-commissioner-declines-job/
- Anchorage Municipal Clerk Barbara Jones is retiring June 30, the city Assembly said Thursday / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2023/03/16/anchorages-municipal-clerk-who-manages-city-elections-is-set-to-retire-this-summer/
- Garrett Elder, the Anchorage man accused of carrying out a multi-million dollar fraud, made his first appearance before a judge on Thursday / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/03/17/plea-deal-works-anchorage-man-accused-multi-million-dollar-wire-fraud/
