Newscast – Thursday, August 31, 2017

In this newscast:

  • Alaska is exploring options for conducting elections after 2018;
  • Gov. Bill Walker signed a bipartisan letter urging Congress to stabilize individual health insurance markets;
  • Alaska’s state and local governments could save roughly $200 million a year if the state formed a health care authority; and
  • The U.S. Interior Department inspector general dropped its inquiry into whether the Interior secretary threatened to retaliate against Sen. Lisa Murkowski.

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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