Anchorage Edition: April 24, 2009

Sun, April 26, 2009
Posted in Anchorage Edition

Each week, host Michael Carey gathers commentators for a review of the week’s news, politics and public affairs in Anchorage and Alaska. Topics this week include:

Legislative session comes to a close; looking back on 90-day session.
Alaska is one of the top recipients of Stimulus Funds, $22 million set aside for National Parks. Governor Palin continues to worry about the corrupting influence of Stimulus Money currently rolling into Alaska.
Anchorage’s runoff election outlook: Dan Sullivan and Eric Croft face off in the race for mayor on May 5th.
Energy legislation reaching the foreground in Washington, D.C.; Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski key player, as the top Republican on Senate Energy Committee.
Ted Stevens case dismissed, charges dropped, now microscope on prosecutors themselves. Judge calls for all a special prosecutor to investigate Justice Department, signing a court order that all materials turned over to special prosecutor should be kept secret, as Alaska political corruption investigations continue.
What is Ted Stevens up to in Alaska?
Overall crime reports in Anchorage decreased last year. Anchorage Police Department has released a preliminary report for 2008, showing the city’s overall crime rate fell to the lowest level since 1980.
Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summitt on Climate Change: people from every corner of the globe gathered in Anchorage to discuss climate change.

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HOST: Michael Carey, freelance editorial writer for the Anchorage Daily News

GUESTS:

Paul Jenkins, conservative commentator
Matthew Zencey, Anchorage Daily News
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington, D.C.

KSKA (FM) BROADCAST: Friday, April 24, 2009 at 2:30 p.m.

KAKM (TV) BROADCAST: Friday, April 24 at 9:30 p.m.; repeats Saturday, April 25 at 5:00 p.m.

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