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Sticker shock: Anchorage Assembly hikes property taxes 5.3 percent

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LARGEST BUDGET IN ANCHORAGE HISTORY The Anchorage Assembly raised property taxes by 5.3 percent on Tuesday night. At the same time, the Assembly passed the largest...

Taxing discovery: Thousands of Alaskans using state income tax calculator

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EVEN YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY IS GOING TO BE TAXED  The Senate Majority's State Income Tax Calculator has been used more than 60,000 times in the...

Playground fire, arson convention, and two teens cooling their heels

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And it happened that two teenagers set fire to a beloved playground structure in Juneau -- while a convention of about 40 fire and arson investigators...

Breaking: ACLU, council members sue Homer over recall election

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According to three city council members in Homer, Alaska, it's not up to voters to decide if they are "unfit for office." It's up to the...

A novel idea: Let the voters decide

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By WIN GRUENING, SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR As the Alaska Legislature winds down to its 120-day constitutionally set window, most of us are focused on what is happening...

Alaska’s longest-serving nun dies; spent 60 years serving poor in Western Alaska

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You might not have had the privilege of meeting Little Sister of Jesus  Marie Josephe Brin, unless you spent time in Nome or Little...

Alaska’s budget and you: A few hard facts

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BY NICK BEGICH, GUEST CONTRIBUTOR Anchorage was recently rated as the Hardest Working City in America among 116 of the nation’s largest cities. The ranking was determined...

Bedbugs, comfort cats, transgender toilets — all end up at Rights Commission

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WHY THE APPOINTMENT OF DREW PHOENIX MATTERS It was about the bedbugs. And yes, it was about the cats. Bedbugs, three cats, some possibly developmentally challenged children, a...

Someone has to blink or we shut this government down

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OUR MOST CANTANKEROUS CONTRIBUTOR THINKS ABOUT THE 'S' WORD By ART CHANCE Allow me to engage in a fantasy where once again I’m the State’s director of...
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Gas tax in Washington state goes up — again

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Alaskans visiting Washington state will find gas prices shockingly...

Dunleavy blasts Assn. of Alaska School Boards in scathing letter: ‘Be honest with the people of Alaska’

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Gov. Mike Dunleavy delivered a blunt message to Alaska...

On this day in 1958, the Senate sealed the fate of Alaska

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On June 30, 1958, the United States Senate cast...

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