In its most recent draft, the Juneau Assembly added gender expression as a protected class in its proposed Equal Rights Ordinance.
Lakeidra Chavis, KTOO
Eight tons of chum salmon destroyed after truck spill
Roughly 16,000 pounds of chum spilled onto Egan Drive Monday afternoon. Declared unsafe for consumption, the fish have been destroyed.
Why Juneau’s rape stats tripled in one year
The number of reported rapes in Juneau nearly tripled from 2014 to 2015. That increase is from more rapes being reported, but also because the Juneau Police Department had been undercounting rapes in its annual report.
B.C. mine officials announce new changes to mining code
Two years after one of the worst mine disasters in Canada’s history, mine officials in British Columbia are rolling out new mining codes.
Bartlett continues effort to build a youth psychiatric treatment center in Juneau
Running these services is expensive, and some other organizations in Alaska have tried to provide these services, then down-sized or shut down.
Juneau Assembly asks voters to decide on marijuana tax and permanent sales tax
The Juneau Assembly voted to add three questions to the upcoming October ballot about sales taxes: Should marijuana be taxed an extra 3 percent, like alcohol? Should the long-standing 3 percent “temporary” sales tax be renewed another five years? And should that “temporary” sales tax become permanent?