Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Fired federal workers describe ripple effects from losing their livelihoods. Plus, lawmakers in Juneau move the education funding bill forward.
Alaska News
LatestDown a member, Alaska House takes unusual step to move education funding bill forward
With one member out battling an illness, the majority could not pass the bill out of the Education Committee along caucus lines. They did so with a floor vote instead.
Anchorage Assembly considers ordinance that would hold parents legally liable if their kid brings a gun to school
“We’re not telling you you can’t have these things in your home,” said Assembly member Karen Bronga. “We’re just saying, if you have these things, that you need to check your kids.”
After fatal plane crash, Northwest Alaska communities embrace victims’ families and Bering Air
Residents in nearly 20 villages came to their airstrips last weekend to greet Bering Air planes, hug the pilots and pray together.
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LatestHamas releases the bodies of four Israeli hostages, including mother and young sons
Today’s release is the first time Hamas has handed over the bodies of hostages during the war, although several have been recovered by Israeli forces in Gaza and returned to Israel.
Panama sends 97 U.S. deportees to migrant camp after they refused to be repatriated
The migrants refused to be repatriated to their countries. They will be held in a migration facility near the Darien Gap along the Colombian border until third countries can be found to take them.
Hegseth directs Pentagon to find $50 billion in cuts this year
The cuts would be as drastic as sequestration in 2013, the law passed by Congress that forced the armed services to cut $56 billion in a matter of months.
Military doctors prepare to deploy to Guantanamo for extended stay
Orders to deploy medical personnel suggest the Trump administration is contemplating an extended stay for people at the U.S. base in Cuba.
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