About this episode
This episode covers city service reductions, the upcoming cruise ship season, proposed changes to the age of consent, an inmate's death, and tax cut proposals in Alaska.
In this newscast: The Juneau Assembly will discuss potential city service reductions at a finance committee meeting on Wednesday night; The kickoff of the 2026 cruise ship tourism season is just around the corner in Juneau. The first ship, the MS Eurodam, arrives Monday afternoon; A proposal to raise Alaska’s age of consent from 16 to 18 took a step forward on Friday as a key part of an omnibus package of crime legislation proposed by Anchorage Democratic Sen. Matt Claman; An Alaska inmate died last week under the care of the state department of corrections; A key Alaska Senate committee is out with a new take on the governor’s proposal to cut taxes for the Alaska LNG project — with a much smaller tax cut.
Topics covered
- city service reductions
- cruise ship tourism
- age of consent
- crime legislation
- inmate death
- tax cuts
Keywords
- Juneau Assembly
- MS Eurodam
- Matt Claman
- Alaska
- cruise ship tourism
- age of consent
- tax cuts
- inmate death
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Juneau Assembly, Alaska Department of Corrections, Alaska Senate
Products: MS Eurodam
Places: Juneau
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