On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The Alaska Senate passed a bill yesterday to create a new pension plan for state and local government employees. Alaska’s largest utility voiced support for a bill that would step up the use of renewable energy. And a Petersburg-based Lingit actor is featured in the HBO crime drama, True Detective.
Midday Report – February 01, 2024
![Senate Majority Leader Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, speaks in favor of Senate Bill 88 on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, on the floor of the Alaska Senate. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a34c49d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/830x543+0+0/resize/880x576!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcc%2F19%2F734fa0dd432f86b0ee9b64bebe95%2F240131-sb88-votes-copy-830x543-1.jpg)