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Legislation that would increase Alaska’s minimum wage got a hearing before the state senate’s labor and commerce committee Thursday. The measure would require Alaskan employers pay a higher wage that’s adjusted for inflation each year. Opponents, mainly in the hospitality industry, testified it would hurt their businesses and force them to eliminate jobs.

Educators from the Alaska Association of School Boards will present the results of their latest student survey tonight in Petersburg. They asked local students from 5th to 12th grade last year about their perceptions of school and community. It’s part of the districts effort at community engagement. That’s a statewide program aimed at building the positive elements in student’s lives to help them avoid risky behavior like substance abuse. The district gave students a similar survey in 2007.
Matt Lichtenstein spoke with the association’s Shelly Eidsness and Susie Gaffney about the Community and Connectedness Survey:

The deadline has passed and a recall effort for a Petersburg city council member has fallen short of the signatures needed to put the issue on a special election ballot.

The debate over how the city of Petersburg replaces its vehicles continued before a committee of department heads and one city councilor Monday. The Motor Pool Advisory Committee ultimately recommended replacing six vehicles, the sale of two others, and transfer of another vehicle between departments. But that was not before tensions ran high at Monday’s meeting.

A local workshop on suicide intervention skills attracted a full house of students this week in Petersburg. Petersburg Mental Health Services brought the instructors to town and they stopped by KFSK studies to talk with Matt Lichtenstein about the issue.