Alaska reporter says state senator slapped him
Source: Associated Press
Becky Bohrer and Mark Thiessen, Associated Press
Updated 9:17 pm, Wednesday, May 3, 2017
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The editor of Alaska's largest newspaper said Wednesday that a state senator slapped one of his reporters when the reporter sought the senator's opinion on a recently published article.
Alaska Dispatch News Editor David Hulen said reporter Nathaniel Herz has filed a police report over the Tuesday afternoon incident at the state Capitol. A spokeswoman for the Juneau police department says they are investigating.
A message left Wednesday at the office of state Sen. David Wilson wasn't immediately returned to The Associated Press.
Herz recently reported on a bill from Wilson, a Wasilla Republican, that would strip funding from nonprofits in Wilson's area. However, Wilson's former employer would not have been impacted by the bill. Wilson declined to comment at the time.
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