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Friday on Alaska News Nightly:
After much debate, the state Senate passes a bill to increase school funding. Also, river breakup is underway, with ice jams causing concern over flooding. And a passenger jet gets a new paint job: an Indigenous design celebrating our connection to salmon.
Reports tonight from:
Lex Treinen in Juneau
Lori Townsend and Rhonda McBride in Anchorage
Liz Ruskin in Washington D.C.
Desiree Hagen in Kotzebue
and Corinne Smith in Homer
This episode of Alaska News Nightly is hosted by Casey Grove, with audio engineering by Chris Hyde.
Casey Grove is host of Alaska News Nightly, a general assignment reporter and an editor at Alaska Public Media. Reach him atcgrove@alaskapublic.org. Read more about Caseyhere.
