Newscast – Thursday, July 18, 2019

In this newscast:

  • Juneau city officials estimate $5.2 million in immediate municipal impacts from Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget vetoes,
  • a state health care industry organization sues the state over an emergency rule change cutting Medicaid rates,
  • a University of Alaska researcher says he’s considering leaving the state and notes his climate change research grants would go with him,
  • a Texas-based tug and barge company pays $2.9 million Canadian for a 2016 grounding and fuel spill in British Columbia waters,
  • the University of Alaska Southeast announces its accreditation renewal,
  • the Totem Heritage Center in Ketchikan acquires a Chilkat robe 16 years in the making, and
  • a rare albino porcupine is spotted in Maine.

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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