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Did Mark Anthony Cox Engage In Self-Dealing on his Failed School Board Election?

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Anchorage School Board candidate Mark Anthony Cox, who has unsuccessfully run for office three times in the past two years, has some questionable campaign finance and spending practices. A review of Cox’s campaign finance filings show sizable expenditures to...
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Anchorage Assembly Passes Legislation for More Oversight of Mayor Dave Bronson

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The Anchorage Assembly took steps on Friday to limit Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson’s spending power and increase transparency, following allegations from his former municipal manager that he was authorizing improper contracts.  The Assembly approved three ordinances to give the body...
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Report: Bronson Administration Intimidating Employees Accessing Ombudsman’s Office

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The Anchorage Ombudsman’s Office, an arbiter independent of the mayoral administration, reported Thursday that Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson’s administration is pulling surveillance footage to see who is going in and out of the office. The Ombudsman reviews complaints from the...
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Legislature to study how money grows on trees, while Dunleavy administration refuses to explain $7 billion claim

News Dermot Cole -
This story is republished from dermotcole.com with permission. The Dunleavy administration has refused to explain how it intends to generate $7 billion in new revenue over the next decade, though it released a state budget forecast saying the money will...
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ICYMI: Bronson Has Been Embattled Since Day One

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Over the holiday weekend, Emily Goodykoontz and Kyle Hopkins of the Anchorage Daily News published yet another article on Mayor Bronson’s embattled administration that you don’t want to miss. Some of what you are about to read deals with...
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Show Us the Larry Baker Contracts

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Yesterday's bombshell letter detailing a slew of scandalous allegations from Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson and his administration was dizzying. Due to the sheer volume, the absolutely insane conduct of  “Senior Policy Advisor” Larry Baker might have gone under the...
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Alaska wants to profit by leaving timber uncut and pumping carbon underground

News Nathaniel Herz, Northern Journal -
For decades, Alaska’s economy has depended on the extraction and harvest of natural resources — industries like pumping oil out of the ground, and cutting timber. Now, Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy wants the state to make money by leaving trees...
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Split Ticket: Peltola Won Due to Historic Bipartisan Support Statewide

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Simple statistics dictate that only a select few political candidates have the mettle to post above-average electoral performances. In an age of declining ticket-splitting and increasingly dominant presidential partisanship, electoral over-performers become rarer and more valuable. The latest political...
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Anchorage Assembly Fills Dunbar’s Seat

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Stephen ‘Joey’ Sweet will fill Alaska Sen.-Elect Forrest Dunbar’s seat on the Anchorage Assembly until April when voters will pick a long-term replacement.  A majority of the Assembly voted for him to fill the seat Friday. The seat has been empty...
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Meet the Maps: Midtown Anchorage

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Under new boundaries, Anchorage’s Midtown Assembly district becomes more conservative but remains favorable to progressives. Midtown is one of the least-changed districts following the reapportionment process. The district was pushed slightly west, and is now marginally whiter and more conservative.  During...
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