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KNBA’S Top Stories: Alaska lawmakers race against the clock this week, as the Legislature’s regular session is set to end by Wednesday night. Amid a major housing shortage, Anchorage city planners hope to make construction cheaper with an updated building code. A storm forced seven Southwest Alaska seniors from their homes — but not from finishing high school.

KNBA's Top Stories: Two challengers to Congressman Nick Begich took to the stage at what organizers dubbed a a town hall meeting. A Congressional field hearing in Bethel looks at why more than a thousand Alaskans are stillin limbo after being displaced after last fall’s devastating storm. Construction to connect two popular trails in Anchorage is set to begin this summer.

KNBA's top stories: Anchorage had its fourth pedestrian death of the year yesterday. Also, three people were killed near Portage after a car and a motorcycle collided. The Ilisaġvik College's vision for new campus to serve communities on the North Slope is about to be realized. Anchorage's homeless population appears to be shrinking. And birdwatching in Anchorage is about to take flight.

KNBA’S Top Stories: One legislator from Western Alaska says that pain from high fuel costs has an outsized impact on his constituents. The village of Shaktoolik says goodbye to Kelly Hunt, the 19-year-old whose remains were found in Anchorage two weeks ago. Hear the full interview with Lynda Bekoalok, a longtime Shaktoolik teacher, who shares memories about one of her most promising students.

KNBA Top Stories: Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle failed to override the governor’s veto of election reform legislation. The Alaska Federation of Natives reacts to Monday’s failed veto override. Alaska Native artists say Etsy’s new fur ban discriminates against them. Teens in Alaska are getting hurt on ATVs at higher rates than any other age group.

KNBA’s Top Stories: The governor vetoes a bipartisan election reform bill. More than 200 gathered at the UAA Campus to bring attention to missing and murdered Indigenous women. Following the death of Kelly Hunt, Soldotna Representative Justin Ruffridge says Alaska is failing Alaska Native Women. A confidential informant is suing over a State. A sudden stop on the Goldbelt Tram leaves riders injured.

Some of KNBA’s top stories today: Several organizations that advocate for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People team up to hold their first statewide summit in Anchorage. For the first time in 17 years, state lawmakers pass an increase to state unemployment benefits. The FAA fines Alaska Airlines. And in South Naknek, you don't catch a bus to go to school, but ride on an airplane.

The targeting of hospitals and medical workers is a fact of modern warfare — in Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Gaza and Israel. International law say such attacks are unacceptable. Are there any consequences?

Home insurance is getting less affordable, and less available, as insurers raise prices and pull back from areas with extreme weather. That's forcing families across the country to make tough choices.

Karen Handel kept her distance from Trump in the Georgia special election, but her efforts to strip Planned Parenthood of its funding from the Susan G. Komen foundation could keep liberals fired up.