On today's Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The U.S. House Tuesday passed a spending blueprint that would extend tax cuts and almost certainly reduce Medicaid. Alaska Senate leaders are reviving options for raising revenue. And the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program has removed the phrase “Alaska Native” from its website.

Photo: The Trans-Alaska Pipeline winds through the landscape. Legislators are looking at ways to increase oil tax revenue. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media)