Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Woman speaks at podium
Sen. Lisa Murkowski speaks on voting rights in the Senate on Nov. 3, 2021 (C-SPAN)

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Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly:

Sen. Lisa Murkowski votes with Democrats to restore parts of the Voting Rights Act. Also, a study shows Alaska State Troopers are understaffed in Western Alaska. And a 30-year-old message in a bottle washes up on a beach near Skagway.

Reports tonight from:

Liz Ruskin in Washington D.C.
Greg Kim in Bethel
Lex Treinen in Anchorage
Sabine Poux in Kenai
Dylan Simard in Kodiak
and Mike Swasey in Skagway

Alaska News Nightly is hosted by Casey Grove, produced by Annie Feidt, with audio engineering by Toben Shelby.

Casey Grove is host of Alaska News Nightly, a general assignment reporter and an editor at Alaska Public Media. Reach him at cgrove@alaskapublic.org. Read more about Casey here

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