Tom Anderson Show Podcast (5-2-23) Hours 1&2

02/05/2023 1h 25min
Tom Anderson Show Podcast (5-2-23) Hours 1&2

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HOUR 1Screenwriters 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-horrificGordon Lightfoot / (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/05/01/133464279/gordon-lightfoot-canadian-folk-legend-dies-at-84Supreme 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-hearingTed 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-sayDallas Congressman Colin Allred  to challenge Senator Ted Cruz / (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_AllredHOUR 2Sullivan 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 issueSoutheast 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/