HOUR 1
- WNBA player Brittney Griner pleads guilty in Russia on drug charges / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/07/world/europe/brittney-griner-trial.html?
- British Prime Minister Boris Jonsom agrees to step down / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/07/07/world/boris-johnson-resign-news?
- Boris Johnson resignation speech / (CBS) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boris-johnson-resignation-uk-prime-minister-conservative-party/
- Small businesses try to stay afloat in the U.S. in the face of high inflation / (FOX News) https://video.foxnews.com/v/6309235869112#sp=show-clips
- Tom & Tom talk about small businesses and hand grenade bath bombs
- IVR the next target for pro-life policymakers / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/post-roe-v-wade-ivf-fertility-industry?
- New data released yesterday showed 11.3 million open positions in the US in May / (MB) https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/06/jolts-job-openings-may-2022-.html?
- Tom & Tom talk about working at home
- Dalton from Mat-Su on the fuel being sent to China by Biden
- Democrats unhappy with Biden / (WP) https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/05/biden-democrats-newsom-pritzker/
HOUR 2
- Mat-Su Mayor Edna DeVries on the July 12th Borough Election / For more info: https://www.matsugov.us/g/g-2/elections/july-2022-election
- Tom overviews PIP Printing and the forthcoming voter data lists
- Gary from East Anchorage on Centennial Park being a new homeless camp and the bears killed
- The Alaska Department of Fish and Game shot and killed four black bears this week at Centennial Campground, an East Anchorage campsite where Mayor Dave Bronson’s administration directed unsheltered people to go as it shut down the Sullivan Arena for use as a mass shelter last week. A female, two cubs, and male were shot / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2022/07/06/4-bears-killed-in-east-anchorage-campground-now-being-used-by-homeless-residents/
- Tom S talks about a new show called "Pirate Gold of Adak" / https://www.leisurebyte.com/3-shows-like-pirate-gold-of-adak-island/
- Alaska’s inflation rate continues to soar as it reached 7.2% in December of 2021, according to a report from the Department of Labor issued this month.
Gasoline prices in urban Alaska have risen 52.2% from April 2021 to 2022, according to the Department of Labor. Over that same time, transportation costs rose 23% and food costs saw an uptick of 11.3% hike / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/07/07/rising-inflation-rates-hit-alaskans-gas-transportation-food/ - Tom A talks good deals at KVNT and KAFC and Optima in the face of inflation
- Evacuation order near Clear (near Fairbanks) with 7:30 PM meeting tonight in Anderson / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2022/07/06/evacuation-order-still-effect-clear-fire-burns-almost-53k-acres-interior-alaska/
