Alaska News Nightly: Monday, January 17, 2022

Blue mussels. (Credit Photo by Kathy Kartchner)

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Monday on Alaska News Nightly:

The Alaska Legislature supports a student lawsuit over scholarship funds. Also, how attorneys are closing a gap in legal services on this Martin Luther King Jr. Day. And a mussel mortality mystery in Skagway.

Reports tonight from:

Andrew Kitchenman, Rashah McChesney and Jacob Resneck in Juneau
Liz Ruskin in Washington, D.C.
Maggie Nelson in Unalaska
Izzy Ross in Dillingham
and Mike Swasey in Skagway

Alaska News Nightly is hosted by Casey Grove, with producing and audio engineering from Toben Shelby and Katie Anastas.

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