Saturday, December 21, 2024

The Alaska Current

Bill to Repeal Ranked Choice Voting Gets Public Hearing

Just three years after Alaska voters approved a ranked choice voting and open primaries, a trio of conservative House members are pushing a bill...

Two Years Waiting for Police Body Cameras

This article originally ran in Sol de Medianoche and was republished with permission. During an Assembly Public Safety committee meeting last week, Sean Case,...

Giving Props: A Break Down of What Anchorage Voters Approved 

Every election cycle in Anchorage, candidates for Assembly and School Board eat up most of the media coverage, but every ballot comes packed with...

Anchorage voters reject Bronson-backed candidates by a landslide

After years of constant scandal and fraught tensions with the Assembly, the 2023 Municipal election was widely seen as a referendum on Mayor Dave...

Former Police Chief Ken McCoy Takes Top Cop Job in Arizona

Kenneth McCoy, who served as chief of the Anchorage Police Department for less than a year before unexpectedly retiring, has been named the next...

Chugach Electric board election brings out nine candidates, sharp opinions

Chugach Electric’s annual board of directors election has attracted a larger field than normal: Nine candidates are vying for three open board seats. With...

Meet The Maps: East Anchorage

For decades, East Anchorage has been one of the most diverse and politically unpredictable Assembly districts in the city. Under new boundaries, East Anchorage...

Carving with Community: Native Youth Outdoors Hosts Free Clinic for Indigenous Youth

On March 18th, an air of excitement hung in the rental shop at Mount Aurora SkiLand near Fairbanks as dozens of Indigenous teens and...

More Than 7,000 Ballots Received So Far in Muni Election

This visualization is provided to The Alaska Current through a partnership with Talk Data To Me and the 907 Policy Project.  With voting already under...

New Poll Shows Most Anchorage Residents Disapprove of Mayor Bronson

A large majority of Anchorage residents believe the city is on the wrong track and disapprove of the job Mayor Dave Bronson’s done since...

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