Newscast – Friday, July, 28, 2017

President Donald Trump says Congress should have approved a bill to repeal the Obama-era health law. Sen. Lisa Murkowski joined voted to kill the drive to repeal and replace “Obamacare,” or the Affordable Care Act.

Federal authorities are charging a Utah man in the murder of his wife aboard a cruise ship off the coast of Southeast Alaska.

The Alaska Legislature passed the state’s capital budget Thursday, allowing road projects and other construction to move forward.

Andrew Kitchenman

State Government Reporter, Alaska Public Media & KTOO

State government plays an outsized role in the life of Alaskans. As the state continues to go through the painful process of deciding what its priorities are, I bring Alaskans to the scene of a government in transition.

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