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Yearly Archives: 2020

Protest planned for Friday to show mayor that Anchorage has had it with crime

A car dealership on Tudor Blvd. near the site of one of the mayor's chosen locations for vagrant services had five of its vehicles...

White privilege in America

By ALEXANDER DOLITSKY I first arrived in America from the former Soviet Union on Feb. 1, 1978. An agent of the Immigration and Naturalization...

Anchorage Assembly considers limiting use of force, but police disagree

Anchorage Assembly member Meg Zalatel offered has offered an ordinance to limit the ability of police to use force. Under the Zalatel no-deadly-force plan,...

Mayor pleads, but Assembly puts radical rezoning for his vagrant services plan on ice

The Anchorage Assembly finished hearing the fifth night of testimony, which went overwhelmingly against the mayor's plan to rezone a large swath of Anchorage...

This is what universal basic income looks like

For the past four months, America has taken part in a grand experiment. Unemployed Americans have received an additional $600 a week in unemployment...

Sean Parnell, Jim Dodson, Gail Schubert, Julianne Curry named campaign chairs for Sen. Dan Sullivan

Alaskans for Dan Sullivan has announced four Alaskans are the Statewide Campaign Co-Chairs for U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan’s 2020 re-election campaign: Former Gov. Sean...

Mandates tighten in Anchorage, while State workers will wear masks

Mayor Ethan Berkowitz tightened the reins in Anchorage with new rules for bars, restaurants, gyms, bingo halls, and more. Berkowitz is putting Anchorage's...

Overwhelming opposition to mayor’s plan for vagrant hotels across Anchorage

The speakers kept coming late into the night on Tuesday and the Anchorage Assembly will take more testimony tonight about the mayor's plan to...

Juneau says masks mandatory, $25 penalty

The Juneau Assembly mandated face masks be worn in all public places. The mandate, effective immediately, will expire in 90 days if not renewed...

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