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Good afternoon. It’s Thursday, Sept. 3.

In today's newsletter:

Anchorage development officials want to trade an unused parcel of land in Midtown for a state-owned plot downtown that’s long been a parking lot. The idea is to get more housing built in different parts of the city.
President Donald Trump has vowed to come to Alaska before the November election to help boost the candidacy of Republican U.S. Sen. Dan S. Sullivan.
Alaska education leaders have disparate opinions on how federal tax credits for donations to scholarship-granting nonprofits will affect local schools under a new program created by Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill.

At some airports, it feels like we can’t get away fast enough. We can, however, vent. From "soul-crushing" and "stuck in 1962" to "psychological torture," check out what inspired one-star reviews for these 13 airports.

Anchorage weather

It's sunny again today with a high near 64 degrees. This streak of sunny skies will come to an end, with the forecast calling for clouds and a chance of rain for several days starting Friday. Daytime highs will continue to hover in the mid-60s.

Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today.

— Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com

Trump vows to visit Alaska to help U.S. Sen. Sullivan fend off the other Dan Sullivan →

Trump said he’ll visit the state to campaign for Sen. Dan Sullivan, but did not give any specific details about when he would arrive or where he would be appearing. The incumbent senator trailed Democrat Mary Peltola by eight points in the primary.

Anchorage proposes swapping Tozier Track for state-owned downtown lot to build more housing →

Proponents said the land swap is necessary because the Alaska Housing Finance Corp. is in a better position to develop a large tract of open land in Midtown, while the city, through the Anchorage Community Development Authority, is better equipped to develop the downtown plot.

Alaska nonprofit leaders split on federal school voucher program’s launch in state →

The Education Freedom Tax Credit will allow taxpayers to claim up to $1,700 in credit for donations to scholarship granting organizations, which are nonprofits that redistribute donated funds to students for tuition, books, tutors, or other approved expenses.

State begins construction of road segment leading to wilderness area of Izembek National Wildlife Refuge →

A conservation group is seeking to stop work on the road segment, which could be the first step toward a 19-mile road through the refuge to the community of Cold Bay.