In this newscast: State officials estimate moving the Legislature to Anchorage could cost up to $45 million, marine pilots flag “serious challenges” in common wind and current conditions for a new mega-cruise ship due in Southeast Alaska this season, city officials solicit ideas for how to dispose of the derelict Lumberman tug boat in Gastineau Channel, Gov. Mike Dunleavy relents on a Palmer Superior Court judge’s appointment, the head of the state human rights commission was supposed to write a letter of apology that she didn’t, and lawmakers in Hawaii consider legislation for legal protections for Native Hawaiian intellectual property — affecting an Anchorage poke restaurant.
