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APD to Rollout Body Cams After Being Sued for Delayed Implementation

News Yarrow Silvers -
The Anchorage Police Department is moving forward with body cameras after being sued for failing to implement a body cam program approved and funded by Anchorage residents. The program will start once the department purchases the equipment.  Police Chief Michael Kerle...
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To Protect Orcas, Federal Judge Orders Closure of Iconic Southeast Alaska Troll Fishery

News Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal -
A federal judge issued an order Tuesday that appears to close an iconic Southeast Alaska salmon fishery for at least the summer season — a decision that threatens hundreds of jobs and a $30 million industry in response to...
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A Portrait of the Last Day of Full Operations at Alaska’s Largest Homeless Shelter

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Henry Sam sat in the Sullivan Arena, counting down the two hours until he would learn whether or not he had shelter that night, or if he’d be sleeping on the streets. If it was the latter, he had...
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Bill to Repeal Ranked Choice Voting Gets Public Hearing

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Just three years after Alaska voters approved a ranked choice voting and open primaries, a trio of conservative House members are pushing a bill that would repeal the new system. House Bill 4, introduced by Sarah Vance (R-Homer), George Rauscher...
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Anchorage’s electric utility is having the most hotly contested election in years

News Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal -
This survey was produced in collaboration with the Northern Journal, a newsletter published by Nathaniel Herz, and the Anchorage Daily News. It is republished here with permission. Elections for the board of Anchorage’s electric utility, Chugach Electric Association, are usually pretty...
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Two Years Waiting for Police Body Cameras

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This article originally ran in Sol de Medianoche and was republished with permission. During an Assembly Public Safety committee meeting last week, Sean Case, Deputy Police Chief, gave an update on the status of body cameras. He announced that...
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Mayor Bronson Asks for Nearly $1 Million for Wrongful Termination Settlements

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Facing two accusations of wrongful termination, Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson added nearly $1 million for legal settlements in budget revisions. So far, the Assembly has blocked his request. Bronson updated the first quarter municipal budget to propose $827,500 be set...
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Anti-discrimination bill advances over far-right whataboutism

News Matt Acuña Buxton -
Is the right of a person to rent a room, buy a house or find a hotel room without the fear that their sexual orientation or gender identity may be held against them the same as the plight of...
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Giving Props: A Break Down of What Anchorage Voters Approved 

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Every election cycle in Anchorage, candidates for Assembly and School Board eat up most of the media coverage, but every ballot comes packed with propositions and bonds. In Anchorage, bonds are used to approve large spending on things like...
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Dunleavy May Support a Sales Tax, He Tells Legislators in Private Meetings

News Dermot Cole -
This article was republished from dermotcole.com with permission. This line caught my attention in the Anchorage Daily News coverage about Gov. Mike Dunleavy telling lawmakers in a closed-door meeting that he might like the idea of a state sales tax:...
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