The name change passed in a 10-2 vote.
"Meg Zaletel"
2 Anchorage Assembly members want to encourage more affordable housing with a dramatic zoning rewrite
Right now, zoning rules block building anything but single family homes and duplexes in huge swaths of the municipality.
Resignations pile up at health department as Anchorage confronts pandemic and homelessness
Nine top level officials at the Anchorage Health Department have left or been fired since Mayor Dave Bronson took office in July.
Anchorage Assembly ends its indoor mask mandate
If not addressed, the mandate would’ve automatically ended on Dec. 14.
Early results show voters rejecting recall of Anchorage Assembly member Zaletel
The effort to oust Zaletel is one of three attempts to recall an Anchorage Assembly member in the past year.
After a decade with no recall campaigns, the Anchorage Assembly sees three in a year
To some observers, the cash going toward the recall signifies a deeply partisan political climate where people have starkly different views on the pandemic.
Anchorage Assembly overrides Bronson’s veto, upholding emergency mask ordinance
The ordinance could last as long as 60 days or until two of the city’s three hospitals are not operating at crisis levels or Anchorage doesn’t have a high rate of COVID-19 spread.
Anchorage Assembly approves emergency mask mandate
Under the order, businesses must deny entry to people who aren’t wearing masks and must ensure that employees have access to masks.
Anchorage Assembly meeting canceled after 2 in Bronson administration test positive for COVID
The positive COVID-19 cases came as the Anchorage Assembly continued to hear days of combative public testimony about a proposed mask mandate.
Amid one of the nation’s worst COVID-19 outbreaks, Anchorage officials say they’re rationing testing
The city is also trying to tighten its criteria for testing.