After Pioneer Homes flap, AARP to host telephone town hall with Alaska Gov. Walker

The Alaska branch of the AARP is hosting a telephone town hall Monday evening with Gov. Bill Walker after a controversy over the potential closure of one of the state-run Pioneer Homes for the elderly.

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Walker will call in from Juneau while AARP Alaska's state director Ken Osterkamp moderates from Anchorage.

People can pre-register at https://vekeo.com/aarpalaska/#event-19072 and will be called just before the meeting, which starts at 5 p.m. Monday and runs for one hour.