In today's Midday Report with host Davis Hovey:

Democrats and independents in the Alaska state Legislature are urging Congress to preserve federal funding for science and research. A project to map out the Pacific Northwest’s critical mineral potential Was frozen and put under review in February. And the U.S. Coast Guard is proposing a new two-way shipping route along the northern Alaska coast.

Photo: The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the Arctic Ocean. Photo by Petty Officer Second Class Prentice Danner/U.S. Coast Guard