Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, May 2, 2024

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Incumbent Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson and candidate Suzanne LaFrance. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)

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Thursday on Alaska News Nightly:

The state Senate’s version of the operating budget has a smaller Permanent Fund Dividend than what the House included. Plus, Anchorage residents share their thoughts about the upcoming mayoral runoff election. And, Indigenous dancers in Juneau don Ravenstail robes for the first time in decades.

Reports tonight from:

Rachel Cassandra, Wesley Early, Jeremy Hsieh and Chris Klint in Anchorage
Clarise Larson and Eric Stone in Juneau
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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