The Juneau Housing First Collaborative announced this week that it has been awarded more than $2.5 million in grants and loans for a project that will add a new wing to a subsidized housing complex in Lemon Creek.
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Newscast – Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019
In this newscast: Alaska school leaders are concerned about an unepexpected, midyear funding cut proposed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration, the Juneau Assembly approved a $23 million waterfront improvement project involving passenger fee funding Monday, days after the final ruling in a lawsuit over how the city spends the fees, and a group committed to…
Juneau Assembly approves passenger fee funding for waterfront development
Three days after the final ruling over how the city spends passenger fees, the Juneau Assembly approved a downtown waterfront improvement package Monday that will be paid for in large part with those fees.
Noticing an extra charge on your Amazon receipt? Here’s why.
As of this month, the majority of Amazon purchases made by Juneau customers will now collect local sales tax. A plan is in the works to standardize sales tax collection across the state.
Newscast – Monday, Jan. 28, 2019
In this newscast: Despite a final decision in a three-year-old case between the cruise industry and the City and Borough of Juneau over its $8 per person fee on cruise passengers, disagreement about how the fee is spent may lead to more problems down the line, the International Pacific Halibut Commission meets in British Columbia this week,…
With CLIAA lawsuit at an end, city considers proposals for marine passenger fee revenue
The ruling allows the city to move forward on its annual budget process and figure out how it will use roughly $5 million in passenger fees next fiscal year. One of the proposals has already raised flags for the cruise industry.