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LaFrance’s Mayoral Platform to Focus on Housing, Child Care, and Core Government Services

News Yarrow Silvers -
Suzanne LaFrance is the first challenger of Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson in the April 2024 municipal election. The former Assembly member filed her campaign letter of intent on Monday seeking to unseat Bronson, who filed for re-election in December...
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Judy Eledge Resigns from Library Post Following Leaked Recordings of Racist Statements

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Anchorage Public Library Deputy Director Judy Eledge resigned amid a lengthy scandal over repeated racist statements on social media and to library employees. Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson announced Tuesday morning that he accepted her resignation, and her last day will...
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Regents nominee Bethany Marcum claims she was quoted out of context in backing Dunleavy’s attack on the university. It’s not true.

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When Gov. Mike Dunleavy championed a 41 percent cut in state funds to the University of Alaska budget in 2019—a budget wrecking ball that did lasting damage— Bethany Marcum said it was a great idea. "It is reassuring to see...
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Anchorage Assembly Holds Executive Session on Bronson’s Funding Request to Settle Wrongful Termination Claims

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Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson's administration met with the Anchorage Assembly in a closed door session today to ask for $827,000 of taxpayer funds to settle two wrongful firing disputes against Bronson and the municipality. The disputes are with former Municipal...
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APD to Rollout Body Cams After Being Sued for Delayed Implementation

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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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