HOUR 1Cindy Williams, who played Shirley opposite Penny Marshall's Laverne on the popular sitcom "Laverne & Shirley," has died, her family said Monday. Williams died in Los Angeles at age 75 on Wednesday after a brief illness / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/01/30/1152707633/cindy-williams-laverne-shirley-actor-dies-at-75Surgeon General warns kids 13 and younger shouldn't use social media; Research scientist Dr. Houman Hemmati provides insight on the perfect age for kids to join social media / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/video/6319537588112The country’s largest oil companies made more money in 2022 than ever before, eclipsing windfalls of earlier years and making themselves a potential target for driver frustration as prices at the pump rise. ExxonMobil on Tuesday reported a record-smashing annual profit of $55.7 billion for 2022, soaring past its earlier record of $45 billion in 2008. / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2023/01/31/oil-companies-post-record-smashing-profits-as-gas-prices-creep-up/A new federal law, passed after the Department of Energy allowed the export of taxpayer-funded battery technology to China, aims to tighten restrictions on sending such government discoveries abroad / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/01/30/1152527049/congress-tightens-u-s-manufacturing-rules-after-battery-technology-ends-up-in-chInitially, the "Invent Here, Make Here Act" will apply only to programs in the Department of Homeland Security. But the law's sponsors in Congress say they plan to expand it to the DOE and other agencies next. (7:30 AM to 8 AM)  Rick Whitbeck, Alaska Director for Power the Future on the new Biden decision re Pebble Mine / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/business-economy/2023/01/30/epa-to-issue-long-awaited-decision-halting-pebble-mine/ and (PTF) https://powerthefuture.com/Ken from Mat-Su on PebbleAlex from Anchorage on Pebble and its rare earth elements HOUR 2The new company providing school bus service in Mat-Su is facing a possible driver strike and is down more than $1.5 million in anticipated revenue after failing to meet contract specifications. The reduced payments to Durham School Services from the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District largely reflect missed routes due to bus and driver shortages plus estimated damages due to service deficiencies, district officials say. (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/mat-su/2023/01/30/mat-su-school-bus-operator-docked-more-than-15-million-in-lost-contract-revenues-since-august/Starting Monday, school days in the Anchorage School District will get a little longer. After missing days of classes in December due to heavy snowfall, the Anchorage School District School Board decided to add an extra 30 minutes to each school day until March 9 for all grade levels / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/01/30/anchorage-students-parents-react-30-extra-minutes-added-school-days/Dalton from Mat-Su  (ANS) https://www.adn.com/business-economy/2023/01/30/epa-to-issue-long-awaited-decision-halting-pebble-mine/Biden set to deliver State of the Union address; Sandra Bagwell, who lost her son to fentanyl, Jimmy's Famous Seafood President John Minadakis, and El Paso resident Barbara Carrasco joined 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss key issues plaguing the Biden administration ahead of the annual address / (FOXNews) https://www.foxnews.com/video/6319532932112The Biden administration wielded a little-used tool on Tuesday to stop the controversial proposed Pebble mine in Southwest Alaska,

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