Jeremy Hsieh

In this newscast: The Alaska House of Representatives partially passes a bill to provide early funding assurances to schools, the ferry Malaspina gets delayed from returning to service an extra month, a national group is using Alaska to start a landmark campaign finance challenge it hopes to get to the U.S. Supreme Court, and Juneau’s merged high school football team mascot is unveiled. 

In this newscast: Juneau Sen. Dennis Egan announces he won’t seek reelection, the Juneau Assembly commits $75,000 to intervene in the regulatory process for the local electric utility’s merger, and Vice President Mike Pence chats with reporters and state officials during a refueling stop at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. 

In this newscast: Environmentalists sue over the King Cove road land swap through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge sailings of the ferry LeConte are canceled for repairs, and a Canadian mining company announces plans to open a mine processing facility in Ketchikan. 

In this newscast: Alaska House Speaker Bryce Edgmon says his caucus is waiting to hear from Rep. Zach Fansler on calls to resign after allegations that he assaulted a woman who denied his sexual advances, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is one of only two Republicans to vote against a bill to ban most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, and local weather. 

In this newscast: The state ferry Columbia will be out of rotation for at least another week for repairs, state lawmakers release a draft update to its sexual and other workplace harassment policies, and Alaska is sending 10 cross country skiers to the Winter Olympics in South Korea next month.