HOUR 1 

• A race between the U.S. and Russia is underway to secure the debris of the drone that crashed into the Black Sea / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/russia-try-recovering-downed-us-drone-us-vows-protect-our-equities
• Facebook considerably downsizing staff / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/03/14/meta-plans-another-round-of-mass-layoffs?
• Over 110,000 people died of drug overdoses last year in America, according to the CDC. Behind the deadly wave is fentanyl, a cheap and powerful synthetic opiate that is often mixed with street drugs / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/03/13/1161800940/are-harsher-fentanyl-sentences-the-solution-to-the-opiate-crisis-experts-say-no
• The field hearing examines the link between the administration's policies and the unprecedented crisis at the southern border / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/video/6322615094112

HOUR 2

• Ryan Redington wins the Iditarod / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/03/14/ryan-redington-wins-2023-iditarod/
• Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Tuesday signaled her support for a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge that has been at the center of a decades-long battle between the largely Indigenous people of King Cove, who say it will provide lifesaving access to a Cold Bay runway, and environmental groups who say a road will harm the refuge / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2023/03/14/interior-secretary-withdraws-land-exchange-but-signals-support-for-road-through-alaskas-izembek-national-wildlife-refuge/
• Registered Anchorage voters should begin seeing ballots in their mailboxes as early as Wednesday as the city gets set for the April 4 municipal election / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/03/15/anchorage-mails-200k-ballots-april-4-municipal-election/
• Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' comments about U.S. support for Ukraine during its war with Russia have rattled the cages of establishment Republicans / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/desantis-rattles-establishment-gop-after-saying-us-interest-ukraine-russia-war-not-vital
• The Alaska Department of Labor has been keeping the Class of 2005 alive through a living yearbook — but instead of pictures, this one contains data / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/03/15/where-are-they-today-state-studies-economic-trends-class-2005/

HOUR 1

• A California appeals court said on Monday that Proposition 22, the ballot measure passed by state voters in 2020 that classified Uber and Lyft drivers as independent contractors rather than as employees, should remain state law / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/business/prop-22-upheld-california.html?
• Mexican pharmacies that cater to U.S. tourists are selling medications that appear safe but are frequently laced with deadly fentanyl and methamphetamine / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/03/14/1163146258/fentanyl-mexico-pharmacy-american-medical-tourism-overdose
• Ryan Graves is a former Navy pilot who has called on Congress to investigate unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), also known as UFOs, in the skies above the United States / (FOXNews)  https://www.foxnews.com/media/ex-navy-pilot-ufos-flight-calls-investigations-aerial-phenomena-curious
• President Joe Biden and the leaders of Australia and the United Kingdom on Monday announced that Australia will purchase nuclear-powered attack submarines from the U.S. to modernize its fleet amid growing concern about China’s influence in the Indo-Pacific / (AP) https://apnews.com/article/biden-australia-united-kingdom-submarines-nuclear-cf330037f9e6befdec0f6c1658601462?
• President Biden is expected to announce an executive order on Tuesday that would expand background checks to more firearm sales by expanding the statutory definition of a firearms dealer, the White House said / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-sign-executive-order-require-background-checks-more-gun-sales
• Anchorage Assembly may buy Arctic Rec Center / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/03/14/assembly-consider-purchasing-arctic-rec-center-use-homeless-shelter/
• Tuesday is Equal Pay Day: March 14th represents how far into the year women have had to work to catch up to what their male colleagues earned the previous year. In other words, women have to work nearly 15 months to earn what men make in 12 months / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/03/14/1162776985/equal-pay-day-gender-pay-gap-discrimination

HOUR 2

• Anchorage Assembly candidate Spencer Moore / https://mooreforanchorage.com/
• Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson calls in
• Spencer Moore continues
• Matt Shuckerow on Willow announcement; Republican Leadership on Energy traditional and renewable; permitting reform; Federal Overreach on issues of hunting and fishing;  Federal Trade Commission scrutiny 
  
  

HOUR 1

• Everything Everywhere All at Once dominated the Academy Awards, nabbing best picture, three acting wins, and best director. It was also the first time that two Asian actors—Ke Huy Quan and Michelle Yeoh—won Oscars in the same year the end of an extremely stressful weekend, depositors of collapsed Silicon Valley Bank were told they could have everything everywhere, at all once / (AP) https://apnews.com/article/oscars-academy-awards-2023-0366eeec948d96f3126d0725cdec5074?
• Yesterday evening, the US government informed anxious SVB depositors that they’d have access to all the money they stashed / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/03/12/us-regulators-give-silicon-valley-bank-depositors-access-to-all-of-their-funds-to-avert-banking-crisis?
• The Biden administration is set to announce Monday that it is moving forward with approving a massive 30-year oil drilling project in Alaska over objections about its environmental impact from climate activists and Democratic lawmakers, sources told The Associated Press / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-set-approve-massive-oil-drilling-project-climate-activists-derided-carbon-bomb
• The Biden administration on Monday approved a massive oil development project on Alaska’s North Slope.
  ConocoPhillips’ $8 billion Willow prospect in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska is expected to be one of the largest oil fields developed in Alaska in decades, and would produce oil for three decades, including 180,000 barrels of oil daily at its peak / (ADN) The Biden administration on Monday approved a massive oil development project on Alaska’s North Slope.
  ConocoPhillips’ $8 billion Willow prospect in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska is expected to be one of the largest oil fields developed in Alaska in decades and would produce oil for three decades, including 180,000 barrels of oil daily at its peak.
• Anchorage Assembly candidate Brian Flynn / https://www.flynnforanchorage.com/

HOUR 2

• Donald Trump was "wrong" on Jan. 6, 2021, and history will hold him accountable for it. That was the message former Vice President Mike Pence delivered at a Washington, D.C., dinner on Saturday night, in what amounted to his most forceful rebuke to date of the former president / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/03/12/1162923482/pence-trump-january-6-gridiron-dinner
• Rick Whitbeck from Power the Future on the Willow Project 
• The Biden administration is set to announce Monday that it is moving forward with approving a massive 30-year oil drilling project in Alaska over objections about its environmental impact from climate activists and Democratic lawmakers, sources told The Associated Press / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-set-approve-massive-oil-drilling-project-climate-activists-derided-carbon-bomb
• Gary from East Anchorage 
• Joelle Hall AFL-CIO on the Willow Project
• Rebecca Logan with the Alliance on the Willow Project

HOUR 1

• President Biden laid out his ideal 2024 budget plan yesterday / (MB)  https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/03/09/president-biden-budget-wishlist?
• East Anchorage Assembly candidate Leigh Sloan joins Tom and Tom Steigleman announces his endorsement 
• Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson with an update
• Parents' rights and what they're learning in schools / (FOXNews) https://video.foxnews.com/v/6322166490112

HOUR 2

• Ken from Mat-Su with a carbon credit update and with concern about Rep. McCabe's opinion on carbon credits /
• State Representative Kevin McCabe promotes his OpEd and responds to Ken  His OpEd https://alaskawatchman.com/2023/03/09/alaska-carbon-credits/
• Adam Holz from Plugged In reviews "65" "Scream 6" "Magic Flute" "Champions" "Southern Gospel" 
• Dave Stieren from  Governor Mike Dunleavy's office
• Ken from Mat-Su on carbon credits 

HOUR 1

• The committee is exploring the politicization of the DOJ and FBI and attacks on civil liberties / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/video/6322212719112
• The aftermath of the 2020 presidential election sparked a civil war within FOX News, as the network that had spent years building record profits and ratings by catering to fans of then-President Donald Trump saw millions of those viewers peel away / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/03/08/1161694400/fox-news-lawsuit-civil-war-ingraham-hannity
• An elderly man survived on croissants, candy, and biscotti for nearly a week alone in his car, stuck in a snowbank on a desolate California highway / (CNN) https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/08/us/california-81-year-old-stuck-in-snow-croissants/index.html
• Woodcarver Mike on agreement with Sean Hannity that our election system is broken
• Tom A touches on Ranked Choice Voting 
• Tom S talks about a 20-day fast 

HOUR 2

• Gov. Mike Dunleavy officially introduced an education bill to the Alaska Legislature Wednesday that he said would give parents the rights they deserve when it comes to their children in school / (ANS) 
• Gary from East Anchorage 
• The Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday approved legislation that permanently curbs the ability of the mayor and his administration to rubber-stamp city contracts. The ordinance lowers the monetary threshold that triggers a requirement for Assembly approval of some contracts / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2023/03/08/anchorage-assembly-permanently-reins-in-mayors-power-to-spend-without-review/
• Tom & Tom discuss city problems and what their priorities would be 

HOUR 1

• The Biden administration is continuing its full-court press against airline consolidation. Yesterday, the Justice Department sued to block JetBlue’s planned $3.8 billion takeover of Spirit Airlines / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/spirit-jetblue-DOJ-antitrust-lawsuit?
• Stock market and interest rates / (FOXNews) https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/stock-market-crash-60-days-best-selling-author-lehman-collapse
• Americans are not saving / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/03/08/1161407261/how-we-went-from-near-record-savings-to-record-debt-in-just-two-years
• Tom & Tom talk economy, savings, charitable giving down 
• Four US citizens were kidnapped by armed men on 3 March while driving into the city of Matamoros in the north-eastern state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, across the border from Texas / (BBC) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-64878721?utm_campaign=mb&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=morning_brew
• Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the U.S. Senate, said Tuesday that it was a mistake for Fox News's Tucker Carlson to air previously unreleased footage of the Jan. / (Semafor) https://www.semafor.com/article/03/07/2023/mitch-mcconnell-agrees-that-tucker-carlsons-jan-6-episode-was-offensive-and-misleading?

HOUR 2 

• Tucker Carlson interview Capitol officer / https://www.semafor.com/article/03/07/2023/mitch-mcconnell-agrees-that-tucker-carlsons-jan-6-episode-was-offensive-and-misleading?
• Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced education-focused legislation Tuesday that he hopes will find new solutions to problems facing Alaska’s public education system / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/03/07/new-education-bills-unveiled-by-gov-dunleavy/
• Tom talks about teacher's salaries 
• Todd Smoldon on education and salaries and discussing the Gov's bills 

HOUR 1

• Lithium batteries on e-bikes causing problems in NYC spurring new law recommendations / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/03/06/e-bike-batteries-are-exploding-fire?
• Wagner Group growing power along with Wagner's founder — 61-year-old Yevgeny Prigozhin / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/03/06/1160851615/russia-putin-chef-yevgeny-prigozhin-wagner-group
• Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Qin Gang said Tuesday that his country and the U.S. are heading for "conflict and confrontation" due to American policy (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/china-us-heading-conflict-confrontation-foreign-minister-warns
• Woodcarver Mike from Mat-Su on global politics 
• State Rep. Kevin McCabe with a legislative update 

HOUR 2

• A new proposed amendment to the Alaska Constitution could restructure the Permanent Fund / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/03/07/proposal-could-restructure-permanent-fund/
• The Alaska Legislature rejected a proposed pay increase Monday for the governor and his cabinet after the state’s independent salary commission made no pay recommendations for the Legislature itself / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/politics/alaska-legislature/2023/03/06/alaska-legislature-rejects-pay-raise-for-governor-commissioners/
• Bus drivers in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District have tentatively agreed to a contract with Durham School Services / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/03/03/mat-su-bus-drivers-durham-announce-tentative-contract-agreement/
• Tom & Tom talk about employment discrimination nuances and perspective
• Walgreens will not dispense abortion drugs in Alaska despite the fact that abortion access in the state remains legal after Republican Attorney General Treg Taylor signed a letter urging the drugstore giant against doing so / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/business-economy/2023/03/05/after-attorney-generals-letter-walgreens-wont-carry-abortion-medication-in-alaska/
• Tom & Tom about the obligation of schools to students re birth control

HOUR1

• Tom & Tom talk about weekend activities and Tom's lunch in Fairbanks
• At least 35 people have been detained after demonstrators allegedly set fire to the construction site of an Atlanta public safety training facility anti-police and environment activists dubbed "Cop City" / (FOXNews)  https://www.foxnews.com/us/atlanta-cop-city-anarchy-sees-35-agitators-detained-part-international-group
• March Madness (NCAA) / https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2023-03-02/2023-march-madness-mens-ncaa-tournament-schedule-dates-times
• Easter Egg Hunt Event on April 8, 2023, from 1 to 3 PM (check-in Noon) at 594 W Nelson  Ave / Drop off new toys and candy at Fruit Land Wasilla across from Target
• When asked by NPR six climate scholars discussed climate solutions / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/03/05/1160783951/6-scholars-explain-what-a-real-climate-solution-is

HOUR 2

• A criminal site known as BidenCash, which uses the president's name and likeness to trade in stolen data, has just leaked 2,165,700 credit and debit cards online. / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/tech/bidencash-criminal-market-releases-credit-card-numbers-free-taking
• A roof collapsed in the Taku-Campbell neighborhood early Sunday morning, the second in two days in Anchorage, according to police / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/03/05/another-building-collapses-anchorage/
• Wasilla's Hunkie Lee announces his bid for president 
• Tom overviews the 80 Percentile Rule
• Gary from East Anchorage

HOUR 1

• Alex Murdaugh convicted of Murder and sentenced to life without parole
• Chinese apps are the most popular apps in the US right now. The top three free apps on Apple’s App Store yesterday were Temu, CapCut, and TikTok, while Google Play’s were Temu, TikTok, and Street Fighter: Duel—with Chinese fast-fashion company Shein chilling at No. 4 (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2023/03/02/chinese-apps-face-restrictions?
•  Drugmakers could get fast approval for certain drugs — with preliminary data — on the promise that they would do more research after the fact to make sure the drugs worked. But companies were often slow to follow through on these so-called accelerated approvals, leaving patients uncertain about their medicines NPR) https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/03/03/1160702899/fda-enforcement-drug-approval-manufacturer-promises
• Republican Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy argues the Biden administration's green energy push 'has been a problem for Alaska.' / (FOXNews) https://video.foxbusiness.com/v/6321563642112#sp=show-clips
• Assembly candidate Rachel Reis / campaign website https://riesforalaska.com/

HOUR 2

• Parking spaces will be limited at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport’s south terminal parking garage during construction next month / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/03/03/ted-stevens-anchorage-international-airport-parking-garage-limiting-spaces/
• Anchorage’s next municipal election is on April 4 and voters will see a full slate on the ballot. Seven assembly seats are up for election as well as two school board races and 14 bond propositions / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/03/03/anchorage-municipal-election-preparations-include-testing-voting-equipment/
• Adam Holz from "Plugged In"  reviews Creed 3 (Rocky series) and The Thorn and Picard and Mandalorian 
• Dave Stieren from Gov Dunleavy's office on the latest with the Governor (who is on the East Coast in meetings and media interviews supporting the Willow Project)
• Ken from Anchorage on the Willow Project Republican 
• Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy argues the Biden administration's green energy push 'has been a problem for Alaska.' / (FOXNews) https://video.foxbusiness.com/v/6321563642112#sp=show-clips
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HOUR 1

• Microsofts Bing Chatbot malfunctioning / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/03/02/1159895892/ai-microsoft-bing-chatbot
• Space agencies working to decide on a Moon time zone / (MB) https://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/moon-time-explained
• Gov Ron DeSantis on Laura Ingraham / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-takes-aim-desantis-new-desanctus-nickname-amid-growing-2024-tension
• Rick Whitbeck - Power the Future on Rep. Gray's Go-Fund-Me idea, carbon credits, EG, and the Willow Project
• Ken in Mat-Su on the global problems with natural resource development 

HOUR 2

• Mayor Bronson no-comment on public human resources questions / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/03/02/quiet-mayor-bronson-continues-avoid-discussion-city-hall-departures/
• Emily Robinson wins 2nd Jr Iditarod / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/outdoors-adventure/iditarod/2023/03/01/nenana-15-year-old-earns-a-spot-at-the-iditarod-ceremonial-start-after-beating-some-of-mushings-big-dogs/
• Tom and Tom talk about groups that go after radio stations and shows 
• Dave Stieren on his days in radio and intermittent objectors
• Woodcarver Mike in Mat-Su 
• Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson with a project updates