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Alaska at 2:30 p.m.
ADDS: ALASKA-PENSION OBLIGATION; JUNEAU-AFFORDABLE HOUSING; BREASTFEEDING INITIATIVE; AGDC-APPOINTMENT; HUGGINS-END OF SESSION
ALASKA-PENSION OBLIGATION
JUNEAU - Lawmakers continue their work in analyzing approaches to addressing Alaska's unfunded pension obligation. By Becky Bohrer. UPCOMING: 500 words by 5 p.m.
With:
— BREASTFEEDING INITIATIVE — Alaska House members apologize for a news release on a breastfeeding initiative that had the words "smart and sexy" in the headline.
— AGDC-APPOINTMENT — The Alaska Legislature has passed a measure allowing out-of-state residents to serve on the board of a corporation that could play a key role in a major liquefied natural gas pipeline project.
— HUGGINS-END OF SESSION — Senate President Charlie Huggins says lawmakers are aiming to complete their work by Saturday night.
COAST GUARD SHOOTING
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Federal prosecutors will resume questioning witnesses Tuessday in the trial of James Wells, a Coast Guard civilian employee accused of murder in the shooting of two co-workers at a Kodiak Island communication station in 2012. By Dan Joling. SENT: 130 words. UPCOMING: 500 words by 6 p.m. ADT.
FROM AP MEMBERS:
FAIRBANKS SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks North Star Borough School District officials say the superintendent was placed on leave earlier this month while authorities investigate how the school handled an alleged sexual abuse case involving an employee. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the investigation began after a high school tutor was charged late last month with sexual abuse of a minor, allegedly on school property. SENT: 405 words.
ANCHORAGE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
ANCHORAGE — Developers are planning to build an upscale housing complex in Anchorage at the site of an aging mobile home park. The group of California developers is seeking to break ground next summer at the 30-acre Riviera Terrace Mobile Home Park, the Anchorage Daily News reported. SENT: 380 words.
With:
JUNEAU-AFFORDABLE HOUSING
JUNEAU — A lack of affordable housing for young families continues to be a problem in Alaska's capital. Four builders, who were among those who testified last year about the dire state of housing in Juneau, updated Juneau officials Monday on the city's housing situation. SENT: 180 words.
IN BRIEF
— WESTBORO-HERITAGE CENTER — A Topeka, Kan., church known for protesting at the funerals of soldiers says it plans to picket the Alaska Native Heritage Center on June 1.
— AUTOS-RIVER TRAVEL — It may be that time of the year where you need to keep your automobiles off the Kuskokwim River.
The AP-Anchorage
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