Community members and education groups, like Alaska PTA, organized in Anchorage to speak out against public education funding cuts.
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Controversial Anchorage budget bumps up taxes for public safety, veto likely
The Assembly passed a budget adding a 5.61% rise in property taxes, splitting the body between those calling for fiscal conservatism, and others stressing a need for spending on public safety.
Anchorage assembly member pushes for pot ban in municipality
The Anchorage Municipality may use its leverage as the state’s population center to influence how laws on commercial marijuana take shape in the year ahead.
Volleys traded over Anchorage tennis court funding
The $10.5-million earmark has become a lightning rod because the city didn’t ask for it and many lawmakers thought the money was being used for other purposes.
Write-in Moe energizes Anchorage Assembly election
It was hit and miss for Assembly Candidates backed by conservative Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan in Tuesday’s Municipal Elections.
Union proposal draws hundreds to Anchorage Assembly meeting
Hundreds of people rallied at the Anchorage Assembly chambers Tuesday night to protest a proposal by Mayor Dan Sullivan, aimed at limiting unions.