Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, June 1, 2023

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Sen. Dan Sullivan in Anchorage in July 2021. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media)

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Thursday on Alaska News Nightly:

Sen. Dan Sullivan argues for more military spending amid a looming federal debt default. Plus, the Anchorage airport has become the third-busiest cargo airport in the world.

Reports tonight from:

Casey Grove and Michael Fanelli, and Liz Ruskin in Anchorage

Raegan Miller in Ketchikan

Shelby Herbert in Petersburg

This episode of Alaska News Nightly is hosted by Casey Grove, with audio engineering from Chris Hyde and producing from Tim Rockey.

Tim Rockey is the producer of Alaska News Nightly and covers education for Alaska Public Media. Reach him at trockey@alaskapublic.org or 907-550-8487. Read more about Tim here

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