Thursday marks the Anchorage Assembly’s sixth session scheduled for public testimony on an ordinance that would introduce a mask mandate for the city.
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Scholars say Holocaust symbol has no place in Anchorage mask debate
One said the Anchorage display was a horrible misuse of a badge that Nazis used to dehumanize and ultimately annihilate millions of Jews.
Discord over masks escalates with arrests, Holocaust comparisons at the Anchorage Assembly
After roughly seven hours of testimony, the Assembly did not vote on the ordinance. They are expected to hear more testimony Thursday.
Proposed Anchorage mask mandate would enlist the public to help enforce it
The ordinance would also ask Mayor Dave Bronson to strongly encourage residents to wear masks in public and receive a vaccine.
Anchorage Mayor Bronson revokes paid parental leave for city workers
News of the policy changes circulated quickly on social media Tuesday morning after an internal email from Bronson’s Human Resources Department alerted top city officials to the revocations.
Anchorage doctors sound alarm about ‘imminent’ hospital system collapse
At a last-minute Assembly health update, doctors who work at Anchorage’s main hospitals described heart-wrenching scenes from the last week of last goodbyes to unvaccinated loved ones, nurses quitting their jobs due to burnout, and infants hospitalized for severe cases of COVID-19.