HOUR 1
- ""Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region as a Category 3 storm yesterday before weakening and blowing into Georgia and the Carolinas." / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/08/30/hurricane-idalia-pummels-florida-georgia?
- "Health officials urge reclassification of marijuana as a lower-risk drug. Leaders at the Department of Health and Human Services urged the Drug Enforcement Administration to ease restrictions on marijuana" / (Bloomberg) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-30/hhs-calls-for-moving-marijuana-to-lower-risk-us-drug-category?srnd=premium#xj4y7vzkg
- Afghanistan withdrawal timeline / (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020%E2%80%932021_US_troop_withdrawal_from_Afghanistan
- "Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., discusses GOP outrage over the Biden administration's alleged lack of accountability for the U.S.'s chaotic exit from Afghanistan." / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rep-issa-suggests-house-gop-tie-funding-demand-answers-over-afghanistan-withdrawal
- "Officials on Maui are defending their actions during and after Maui's deadly wildfires, as CBS News questions their response and whereabouts as the flames devastated Lahaina three weeks ago. Jonathan Vigliotti reports from Wailea, Hawaii." / (CBS News) https://www.cbsnews.com/video/hawaii-officials-defend-actions-amid-questions-about-maui-wildfires-response
- Major General Hara's bio: / (DOD) https://dod.hawaii.gov/department-info/leadership/the-adjutant-general/
- The American Political Science Association, or APSA, is holding its annual meeting in Los Angeles this weekend despite calls from striking hotel workers for conferences to stay away from the city. (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/08/31/1196856738/hotel-workers-strike-los-angeles-political-science-conference-labor-day
HOUR 2
- 10 things to do at the Alaska State Fair / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2023/08/30/here-are-10-things-check-out-over-the-final-weekend-of-the-alaska-state-fair/
- Gary from Lake Otis on the homeless issue in Anchorage
- Joe from Midtown Anchorage on the homeless in Anchorage
- Alaska's largest solar farm coming online in days / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/08/30/alaskas-largest-solar-farm-go-online-coming-days/"
- Former President Trump has raised more than $9.4 million since being processed and taking a mugshot in Fulton County, Georgia last week—bringing the Trump campaign’s fundraising numbers for the month of August to more than $20 million / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-fundraising-spikes-after-fulton-county-mugshot-surpassing-20m-in-august
- New report shows potential for oil and gas production boom in the next 5 years / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/08/31/alaskas-oil-gas-expected-be-huge-economic-driver-over-next-5-years/
