Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, February 22, 2023

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Rep. David Eastman, R-Wasilla, co-hosts an Alaska Legislature listening session at the Anchorage Baptist Temple on Nov. 22, 2021 (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media)

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Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly:

State Rep. David Eastman is censured, again, for offensive comments. Coastal communities wonder what to expect as shipping increases in the Arctic. Plus U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski pushes the state Legislature for a more proactive approach.

Reports tonight from:

Rhonda McBride, Wesley Early and Liz Ruskin in Anchorage
Emily Schwing in Nome
Sabine Poux in Kenai
Sage Smiley in Wrangell
and Anna Canny in Juneau

Alaska News Nightly is hosted by Casey Grove, with audio engineering from Chris Hyde and producing from Madilyn Rose

Madilyn Rose is the program producer at Alaska Public Media. Reach her at mrose@alaskapublic.org. Read more about Madilyn here.

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