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HOUR 1

• Alaska Airlines no longer will fly direct Anchorage-Honolulu from June to November / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/04/25/alaska-airlines-suspend-nonstop-flights-between-anchorage-hawaii-until-november/
• Manhattan federal prosecutors arrested and criminally charged the owner, Bill Hwang, and his former top lieutenant in one of the highest-profile Wall Street prosecutions in years / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/27/business/archegos-bill-hwang-patrick-halligan.html?
• Imprisoned Marine Trevor Reed headed home from Russia / (WP) https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/04/27/us-russia-prisoner-swap-trevor-reed-yaroshenko/?
• Today is our 5th President James Monroe's birthday - Tom overviews his impressive contributions from American Daily Almanac / (CC) https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/10-surprising-birthday-facts-about-james-monroe
• Charlie Kirk overviews the new Twitter ownership with FOX News / (FOX News) https://video.foxnews.com/v/6305312099112#sp=show-clips
• Tom overview Salem Radio Network lines up nationally and in Alaska on KVNT / https://srnonline.com/
• Harvard University Professor Kenneth Rogoff, a former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, tells 'Mornings with Maria' that GDP falling at a 1.4% annualized rate is 'even below the worst' he thought it might have been / (FOX News) https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/us-economic-growth-gdp-first-quarter
• California lawmakers appear unlikely to pause the annual summer increase in the state’s gasoline tax ahead of a May 1 deadline, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said on Monday. Newsom, a Democrat, had previously expressed support for helping California motorists experiencing pain at the pump by waiting to implement a 5.6% tax hike scheduled to take effect on July 1 /(WE) https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/gas-greed-california-to-raise-taxes-despite-having-highest-in-nation

HOUR 2

• Governor Dunleavy pushing to assert land and water rights/ (ADN) https://www.adn.com/politics/2022/04/27/gov-dunleavy-orders-steps-to-assert-alaskas-water-and-land-rights-over-feds-including-a-trespass-notice/
• Alaska Division of Elections has mailed out its ballots for the Congressional Special Election / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/04/28/alaska-division-elections-mails-out-ballots-us-house-special-primary-election/
• The Alaska Division of Elections has a new video explaining the special congressional election / (DOE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3wSGxYUQ5c
• Alaskan congressional candidate and former Alaska State Senator John Cogill