Newscast – Wednesday, July 31, 2019

In this newscast:

  • A statewide campaign to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy launches,
  • Gov. Dunleavy’s Chief of Staff Tuckerman Babcock steps down and former Senate President Ben Stevens steps in,
  • the head of the Department of Environmental Conservation says he wants to change the state’s cruise ship pollution monitoring program to one without on-board inspectors,
  • the University of Alaska Board of Regents takes a step toward consolidating the entire university system to single accredited university,
  • a barista pulls a gun on a Juneau man charged with robbery and assault at her coffee shop, and
  • Washington Gov. Jay Inslee pushes for a gender X option on state ID cards.

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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