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Assembly Pushes for Sanctioned Campsite Pilot Program in Midtown

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In an attempt to curtail widespread camping throughout the city, Anchorage might soon have a sanctioned campsite for the homeless.  The Anchorage Assembly passed a resolution Tuesday evening asking the Bronson administration to pilot one “allowed” campsite, whittled down from...
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Anchorage School Board Approves Partial Funding of Inlet View Elementary

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The Anchorage School Board approved a $45 million funding package in a 5-1 vote Tuesday night, including $26 million toward the rebuild of Inlet View Elementary. The package also included $19 million for other school building improvements across the...
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OPINION: Repetitive Lies Exaggerate Soundness of State’s Development Plans

Uncategorized Opinion, The Alaska Current -
Gov. Mike Dunleavy took a page from Trump’s playbook in staging his recent “Sustainable Energy Conference”: repeat an untruth often enough and many people will believe it.  And it’s not just one untruth holding up a flimsy house of...
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OPINION: There is a Plan to Address Homelessness, and it’s Working

Uncategorized Opinion, The Alaska Current -
What’s this Clean Slate Strategy? Is the Anchorage Assembly considering sanctioned camps? What’s going on at Tudor and Elmore? Why are there so many tents everywhere? I don’t blame anyone for wondering what the heck is going on and...
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A Fairer Election System in Alaska Helped More Independents Win Office 

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This article was republished from the Sightline Institute. The demographics of the Alaska Legislature looked slightly different after the 2022 election. Alaskans sent more Independents to Juneau than ever before. More Millennials won office as the years-long retirement trend among...
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Bronson and Amy Demboski Left to Battle it Out After Assembly Denies Settlement

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After public testimony and debate, the Anchorage Assembly denied Mayor Dave Bronson’s request to pay  $550,000 to his former Municipal Manager Amy Demboski to preemptively settle a wrongful termination claim against him and the Municipality of Anchorage. Demboski’s attorney...
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OPINION: The Economic Case for a Significant Investment in Education

Uncategorized Opinion, The Alaska Current -
I am proud to be a born and raised Fairbanksan. I love our amazing community and I plan to stay here for the rest of my life, but this can't be said for every one of our Fairbanks neighbors....
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OPINION: Alaska is facing a foster care crisis

Uncategorized Opinion, The Alaska Current -
Alaska is facing a foster care crisis. The good news is that with your help we can fix what harms our children the most.  Today, Alaska has a damaging shortage of foster homes. We should never tell children that a...
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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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OPINION: Enough Talk of a Fiscal Plan – Alaska Needs Fiscal Action

Uncategorized Opinion, The Alaska Current -
The House Majority is the biggest roadblock to long-term fiscal stability for Alaska. Leadership will not bring bills to the floor that would address our state’s massive and growing structural deficit that threatens funding for roads, schools, public safety,...
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