HOUR 1

• Screenwriters go on strike / (AP) https://apnews.com/article/writers-strike-hollywood-wga-926179281803e10b1d501dcab93e305d?
• Illinois interstate pile up kills 6 people and over 30 people injured / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/us/illinois-interstate-crash-involving-72-vehicles-leaves-six-dead-more-30-injured-horrific
• Gordon Lightfoot / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/05/01/133464279/gordon-lightfoot-canadian-folk-legend-dies-at-84
• Supreme Court ethics are front and center Tuesday as the Senate Judiciary Committee hears testimony from a variety of witnesses ranging from judicial ethics experts to a former attorney general in the George W. Bush administration / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173138576/supreme-court-ethics-hearing
• Ted Cruz on Susan Rice's departure ahead of Biden's 2024 announcement: 'Rats are fleeing the ship' / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-nfl-player-texas-dem-congressman-challenge-sen-ted-cruz-reports-say
• Dallas Congressman Colin Allred  to challenge Senator Ted Cruz / (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Allred

HOUR 2

• Sullivan Arena empties this week / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/05/02/mass-exodus-sullivan-arena-leaves-homeless-residents-streets-looking-housing/
• Mark from East Anchorage on the homeless issue 
• Joe from midtown Anchorage on the homeless issue
• Southeast Alaska Food Bank patrons have doubled since last November. Director Chris Schapp said demand continues as high as it’s ever been. A major driver has been the monthslong backlog for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as food stamps, in the Division of Public Assistance / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2023/05/01/alaska-food-banks-still-inundated-as-state-works-to-fix-food-stamp-backlog/
• The Alaska Department of Public Safety announced Monday that 30 law enforcement officers are now using body cameras — the first step in the agency’s larger plan to outfit roughly 400 employees with the cameras by the end of the year / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2023/05/01/alaska-department-of-public-safety-launches-first-round-of-body-worn-cameras/
• The Alaska Senate advanced legislation Monday that would set a new Permanent Fund dividend formula in state statute — but it faces slim odds in the House, where a Republican-led majority supports a dividend twice the size / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/politics/alaska-legislature/2023/05/01/alaska-senate-advances-a-75-25-permanent-fund-dividend-formula-bill-to-a-hostile-house/