Newscast – Tuesday, June 4, 2019

In this newscast:

  • The Alaska Senate narrowly votes down a budget to pay out $3,000 permanent fund dividends,
  • the University of Alaska Board of Regents puts together a task force looking at restructuring the system,
  • the Juneau Assembly approves its latest $379 million operating budget,
  • Constantine Metal Resources releases results of a preliminary economic assessment of its mineral exploration project near Haines,
  • the state cuts two Alaska music groups’ tracks from its hold music line up, and
  • Homer bluegrass band Burnt Down House performs in the latest Red Carpet Concert.

Jeremy Hsieh

Local News Reporter, KTOO

I dig into questions about the forces and institutions that shape Juneau, big and small, delightful and outrageous. What stirs you up about how Juneau is built and how the city works?

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