In this newscast:
- The state’s new education commissioner says it’s time to review how public schools are funded,
- the Alaska Mental Health Trust decides it’s ready to sell it’s downtown subport lot,
- the newly Democratically controlled U.S. House holds hearings on climate change for the first time in about a decade,
- state ferry boosters discuss the system’s value ahead of anticipated cost-cutting measures from the governor, and
- the Alaska House of Representatives sets a record for longest session without a speaker and committees.
