Newscast – Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019

In this newscast:

  • Stakeholders react to news that President Donald Trump wants to open up the Tongass National Forest to roadbuilding,
  • Alaska public employee unions call the state attorney general’s legal opinion on union dues ideologically “extreme,”
  • Haines brewers and distillers react to the latest regulatory proposal from the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, and
  • state wildlife troopers allege they caught a longtime fishing lobbyist fishing illegally near Sitka.

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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