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AHD Employee Reports Misogynistic Work Environment

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The latest report of misogynistic and unethical workplace conditions under Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson was leveled Tuesday night by Anchorage Health Department employee Andrea Nester. During an Assembly meeting, Nester testified on a resolution to recognize March as Women’s History...
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Sen. Dan Sullivan won’t say whether he would support Trump if the former president is indicted

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This article was published with permission from dermotcole.com. In the infamous Pebble tapes from 2020, the chief executive of the proposed mine portrayed Sen. Dan Sullivan as someone who is “gonna try to ride out the election and remain quiet.” Tom...
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State changed its bridge replacement plans to accommodate Kinross mine plan

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This article was republished with permission from dermotcole.com. The Dunleavy administration hadn’t planned to move ahead this soon with the replacement of five major bridges between Tetlin and the Fort Knox mine until the Kinross plan to use the highways...
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Meet the 2023 Candidates for Anchorage Assembly

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DISTRICT 1 (North Anchorage) Redistricting Changes  North Anchorage gained parts of Russian Jack, Wonder Park, Ptarmigan, Fireweed, and Spenard (see article). Assemblyman Christopher Constant Chris Constant, Vice-Chair of the Assembly, is running for his third and final term. Constant first won his seat...
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Bronson Administration Looks to Settle with Hickel Contracting for $2.5 million

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Roger Hickel Contracting has made a claim against the Municipality of Anchorage to collect the money it’s owed for work done on the Tudor Navigation Center. Mayor Dave Bronson’s administration on Friday told the Anchorage Assembly it intends to...
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Dustin Darden, A Perennial Candidate, Could Play Spoiler in West Anchorage

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If you’ve cast a ballot for an Anchorage municipal election in the last decade or attended an Anchorage Assembly meeting, you likely recognize the name Dustin Darden.  Darden is a city maintenance worker and carpenter by trade, but is most...
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State secretly invested in Three Bears grocery chain, electric cargo ships, seaweed and more through Permanent Fund

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This article was republished with permission from dermotcole.com. A year ago the news broke that an investment firm called Westward Partners had purchased the Three Bears grocery chain, which has 20 stores in Alaska and Montana and $300 million in...
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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

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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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