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Good afternoon. It’s Tuesday, May 26.

In today's newsletter:

Australian company Santos announced first oil at its Pikka oil field earlier this month, and is betting big on the project to kick off a second boom on Alaska's North Slope.
Alaska lawmakers passed a bill to expand the state's Infant Learning Program, which provides therapy and interventions for developmentally disabled infants and toddlers. The bill now awaits the governor's approval.
The Municipality of Anchorage has roughly $1.3 billion in unaddressed costs connected to stormwater, according to a recent briefing about the city’s lack of investment in infrastructure over the decades.

The town we know and enjoy as Seward wasn’t the first with that name in Alaska, or even the second, historian David Reamer tells us in his latest column. While the current location of Seward wasn’t the original, the name has been a popular choice for not only places, but also businesses and ships.

Anchorage weather

It's mostly cloudy today with a high around 55 degrees and a chance of scattered showers. Looking ahead, we can expect mostly cloudy skies for the rest of the week, with daytime highs climbing into the high 50s over the next few days.

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

— Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com

‘All in’: Oil production at Pikka project underway after years of construction →

Pikka — which represents a more than $3 billion investment from Australian company Santos — is Alaska’s first new oil project in decades. The project is expected to ramp up to 80,000 barrels of oil per day in the coming years.

Expansion of Alaska program for developmentally delayed infants passes Legislature, awaits governor’s decision →

The recently passed bill would increase funding and expand eligibility for the program, allowing providers to hire more staff and serve more children with developmental delays.

Anchorage Assembly gets preview of $1.3B infrastructure liability that keeps worsening →

The city is contending with a growing list of costs related to roads, facilities, schools and operations, many stemming from dwindling revenues passed along by the state to local jurisdictions for more than a decade.