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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

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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

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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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Unedited Podcast Gives Behind-the-Scenes Look at Coordination Between Bronson, Must Read Alaska

News Yarrow Silvers -
Listeners of the Must Read Alaska Show podcast got a peek of how Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson and conservative media work together when an unedited pre-show exchange between Bronson and host John Quick was accidentally posted online.  The conversation, which...
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Anchorage Assembly Frustrated Over Delayed Body-Worn Camera Program

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Two years after voters approved a body-camera program for the Anchorage Police Department (APD), the program has not been implemented. With further delays expected, the Anchorage Assembly signaled interest in writing police worn body camera policy into municipal code...
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Sullivan should explain how his China sanctions plan would impact Alaska’s fishing industry

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This article was republished with permission from dermotcole.com. The bellicose claims of Sen. Dan Sullivan about the future of Taiwan must be treated with skepticism because he speaks in an oversimplified manner that overlooks a complicating factor—the danger of a...
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Dunleavy’s ‘Office of Food Security’ exists in name only

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This article was republished from dermotecole.com with permission. A couple of months before the 2022 election, Gov. Mike Dunleavy stood in a field to record a state-funded campaign video announcing the new “Office of Food Security.” He recited a long...
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