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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

News The Alaska Current -
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

News Yarrow Silvers -
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 

News The Alaska Current -
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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AIDEA paid $63,500 to settle ex-spokesman’s wrongful termination lawsuit

News Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal -
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration late last year quietly settled a lawsuit against the state’s embattled economic development agency, agreeing to pay its former spokesman $63,500 in exchange for dropping his legal claims of age discrimination and wrongful termination. Karsten...
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Anchorage voters reject Bronson-backed candidates by a landslide

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After years of constant scandal and fraught tensions with the Assembly, the 2023 Municipal election was widely seen as a referendum on Mayor Dave Bronson. With most of the votes counted, Anchorage voters backed progressive and moderate candidates for Assembly...
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Former Police Chief Ken McCoy Takes Top Cop Job in Arizona

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Kenneth McCoy, who served as chief of the Anchorage Police Department for less than a year before unexpectedly retiring, has been named the next chief of police for the city of Tempe, Arizona.  McCoy made the announcement today on Twitter.  “I...
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Chugach Electric board election brings out nine candidates, sharp opinions

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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 a heavy reliance on natural gas to generate power and a projected Cook Inlet natural...
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