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Alaska News Nightly: Friday, April 23, 2021

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Dave Bronson and Forrest Dunbar head to a runoff election on May 11. (Photos courtesy Bronson and Dunbar campaigns)

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Friday on Alaska News Nightly:

With some reforms and a windfall of cash, Alaska lawmakers present a plan to fund ferries for over a year. And, the candidates running for Anchorage mayor represent a divided city. Plus, Fairbanks will try a new way of responding to mental health emergencies.

Reports tonight from:

  • Eric Stone in Ketchikan
  • Liz Ruskin and Kavitha George in Anchorage
  • Dan Bross in Fairbanks
  • Dylan Simard

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