When Jones first ran for the Assembly in 2011, he cited shrinking landfill space, affordable housing and health care services as top priorities.
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From finances to the ‘Foodland factor,’ Juneau officials share advice with future candidates
Last year, three Juneau Assembly members and two school board members ran unopposed. This year, three Assembly seats and two school board seats will be up for grabs.
Filing period for Juneau municipal election opens Friday
Applicants who file and meet all the qualifications will face off in the upcoming municipal election on Oct. 5.
Tlingit & Haida tribal officials fumed as Juneau Assembly developed fireworks restrictions challenging sovereignty
At times, Tlingit & Haida tribal officials were outraged because some city officials brushed aside the tribe’s assertion of its sovereignty on the land where it runs its fireworks shop.
Juneau Assembly formalizes land acknowledgments and improves meeting access
Rhonda Butler, president of Alaska Native Sisterhood Camp 2, called the land acknowledgment a very nice, respectful touch.
Juneau Assembly’s revised fireworks proposal allows much more than initial version
The proposal imposes the heaviest restrictions on only the biggest, boomiest types of fireworks legal to sell in Alaska.
1,100 appointments for Juneau’s COVID-19 vaccination clinic got booked in 25 minutes
City Manager Rorie Watt apologized for the frustration people had trying to get an appointment. City staff hope to schedule more mass vaccination events.
Want to root out discrimination and inequality in Juneau? Apply for a seat on the city’s Systemic Racism Review Committee.
The seven-person committee will review proposed laws and advise the assembly if they include a policy or implication that is racist.
Juneau Assembly considers bumping housing assistance grants up $1,000
The change was prompted largely by news from the grant administrator that the program appears to be vastly undersubscribed.
Juneau Assembly decides to keep using JACC building as emergency warming shelter after all
St. Vincent de Paul Society has a contract with the city to operate the emergency shelter at the JACC until April.