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With Major Legal Battles Looming, Bronson Looks to Anne Helzer

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Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson has tapped Anne Helzer to lead his legal department, and with several legal battles on the table, he will need a formidable litigator, and one that can get Assembly confirmation. Helzer is best known as chair...
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Concerns Over Anchorage’s FEMA Reimbursement Proven to be Overblown

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The Municipality of Anchorage continues to make progress securing FEMA reimbursements for COVID-19 emergency response spending. So far, more than $89 million has been accepted for reimbursement. Since 2020, the municipality has submitted $120 million in COVID-19 related expenses to FEMA...
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Alaska Policy Forum fails again with its magic cure-all for public education

News Dermot Cole -
This article was republished with permission from dermotcole.com. The Alaska Policy Forum has long peddled the claim that the easy cure-all for public education in Alaska is to spend less money on it and redirect the money so it can...
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Sen. Dan Sullivan refused to allow FCC nominee to answer his questions, then accuses her of filibustering

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This story was republished with permission from dermotcole.com. Sen. Dan Sullivan, at his boarding-school whiniest, comes across as if someone took his puppy in his inquisition of lawyer Gigi Sohn, nominated by President Biden to the Federal Communications Commission in...
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Bronson Administration Considering Relocating the Homeless to Centennial Campground

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The Bronson administration is considering relocating people experiencing homelessness to Centennial and other campgrounds after the winter.  The idea was discussed during an Emergency Shelter Task Force meeting Monday afternoon. Mayor Dave Bronson’s Homeless Coordinator, Alexis Johnson, presented several options...
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Bronson is ‘unqualified, incompetent and out of his depth,’ ADN says

News Dermot Cole -
This article is republished from www.dermotcole.com with permission. The Anchorage Daily News says Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson has proven himself to be “unqualified, incompetent and out of his depth” during his year-and-a-half as mayor of the state’s largest city. The newspaper...
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Meet The Maps: South Anchorage

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Under new boundaries, Anchorage’s Southside-Turnagain Arm-Girdwood Assembly district stays nearly 90% the same. South Anchorage remains the most wealthy and conservative district in the Anchorage Bowl. This is the least-changed district following the reapportionment process. Unlike most of the municipality,...
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Right-wing Republican legislator puts Donna Arduin on state payroll at $45 an hour

News Dermot Cole -
This story was republished from www.dermotcole.com with permission. The former temporary budget director for Gov. Mike Dunleavy is back, hired by Rep. Ben Carpenter, the right-wing Kenai Republican who leads the committee that will allegedly figure out the future of...
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McKenna Brothers Improperly Pumped Diesel from Anchorage Municipal Fuel Depot 97 Times

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McKenna Brothers Paving first started filling their trucks up at the Municipality of Anchorage’s fuel depot on Dec. 20. The depot is for city vehicles, and the fuel is purchased with public money. It’s not meant for contractors, and...
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Senate Majority proposes ‘bold’ increase to education funding

The Midnight Sun Matt Acuña Buxton -
The Alaska Senate Majority has made education funding a priority for this year’s legislative session as schools grapple with what years of an unchanged base student funding formula and inflation mean for their future. Today, the Senate Majority announced what...
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