HOUR 1
- Writers strike may be coming to an end / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/09/24/the-writers-strike-could-soon-be-over-after-tentative-deal-reached?
- Tom memorializes friend Ken Erickson (and longtime; legislative aide) who passed away in late August 2023
- Attorney Kevin Boden and parents Hannelore and Uwe Romeike, who face deportation 15 years after moving to the U.S. to homeschool their children, join 'Fox & Friends Weekend' to discuss the ordeal. / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/media/tennessee-family-deportation-15-years-fleeing-germany-homeschool-kids-well-founded-fear
- (live) U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J. overviews his 'announces' his 2024 re-election bid during a press conference at his first public appearance since his indictment last week / (FOX News)
- The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said Sabrina Peckham, 41, was the body found in a waterway in Largo on Friday, when, with the help of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, a "13-foot, 8.5-inch male alligator was humanely killed and removed." / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-police-identify-woman-killed-alligator-attack-daughter-describes-unbearable-pain-report
- "Federal wildland firefighters were on the frontlines of some of the harshest wildfires to hit the U.S. and Canada this summer. But as Congress is inching towards its Sept. 30 deadline to fund the government, those firefighters stand to lose half their salaries." / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/09/25/1201147867/federal-wildland-firefighters-wildfire-forest-service-pay-government-shutdown
- "So far in 2023, 43,899 wildfires have burned 2,332,108 acres. This is below the 10-year average of 44,575 wildfires and 6,046,153 acres burned." / (NIFC) https://www.nifc.gov/fire-information/nfn
HOUR 2
- Tom overviews the dismal recreational pot statistics in Colorado / https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8672945/#:~:text=Medical%20and%20recreational%20marijuana%20legalization,of%20the%202021%20state%20budget
- Mark from East Anchorage on cannabis sales and why regulation is necessary
- Alaska marijuana industry wants to change the State’s current tax rate on marijuana. / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/09/23/alaska-marijuana-industry-hopes-tax-relief-will-reduce-black-market-availability/
- Canning guidelines for game meat / (KTVF) https://www.webcenterfairbanks.com/2023/09/23/guidelines-canning-meat/
- Behavioral neurologist Dr. Bruce Miller discusses actor Bruce Willis' diagnosis and explains the accompanying symptoms. / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/bruce-willis-wife-says-hard-know-actor-understands-dementia-diagnosis
- 2022 Incarceration numbers nationally / (PPI) https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2023.html
- Alaska's aging prison population /(ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2023/09/23/like-a-nursing-home-alaskas-aging-inmate-population/
