In this newscast:
- Vice President Mike Pence reassures governors they will be reimbursed for at least part of what they’ll spend fighting the coronavirus,
- the grandson of a major donor ends his controversial sole-source contract with the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority,
- Wells Fargo joins says it won’t finance oil development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge,
- election officials say a ballot initiative to raise oil taxes has enough valid signatures to go before voters,
- Rep. Louise Stutes shares critical findings from a fact-finding mission at the Alaska Marine Highway System headquarters,
- a bill to double state motor and marine fuel taxes clears the Senate,
- new felony sexual offense data shows big increases around the state but declines in Southeast from 2017 to 2018,
- one caseworker for the state Office of Children’s Services is stretched thin across three disconnected Southeast communities,
- former state Sen. Anna MacKinnon gets hired as a special assistant to the Department of Revenue commissioner, and
- a 19 year-old Anchorage athlete becomes the first American man to win at the World Junior Championships of cross-country skiing.
