Under Alaska’s record laws, the performance evaluations of any employee who isn’t part of a union can be considered a public record if its disclosure is in the public interest. That’s what happened with the performance evaluations of Alaska...

City, state officials suggest lowering expectations for snow removal in Anchorage

Anchorage Matt Acuña Buxton - December 8, 2023

Before the latest round of snow fell on Anchorage, city and state officials met with members of the Anchorage Assembly on Wednesday to review the snow-clearing efforts from the November storms. The key message was that while operators performed admirably...

Anchorage School Board member proposes policy for mandatory reporting of pronouns and nicknames

Anchorage Yarrow Silvers - December 7, 2023

Current guidelines empower teachers to not immediately share the information if they feel it would endanger a student's physical or mental well-being or if they want to respect a child's request for privacy.

Campaign regulators deny latest bid to regulate anti-ranked choice voting campaign but order it not to disband

State Government Matt Acuña Buxton - December 7, 2023

The Alaska Public Offices Commission has denied a request to expedite the latest complaint against the sprawling campaign backing an initiative to repeal Alaska’s open primary and ranked-choice voting election system, pushing the decision until well after the group...

Anchorage Assembly overrides Bronson’s vetoes: ‘He just doesn’t quite get it’

Anchorage Matt Acuña Buxton - December 6, 2023

As expected, the Anchorage Assembly successfully voted to override the vetoes far-right Mayor Dave Bronson made to the city’s operating budget at its Tuesday meeting, with several members arguing the vetoes demonstrated the mayor’s distinct lack of understanding of...

Mat-Su school district’s ban on ‘anything political’ violated student’s rights, lawsuit charges

Education Matt Acuña Buxton - December 6, 2023

Tensions have been rising between Mat-Su students and their school board in recent months.

On some issues, there’s not much daylight between mayoral candidate Chris Tuck and incumbent Dave Bronson

News Yarrow Silvers - December 5, 2023

Anchorage mayoral candidate Chris Tuck, a Democrat, has a history of going against his political party on core progressive issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage.

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