The Assembly voted to forgo debate and to postpone the ordinance indefinitely, effectively killing it.
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After months of committee review, Mat-Su School Board bans 1 book
Many of the challenged books feature characters of color or LGBTQ+ characters, a key point in a federal lawsuit Mat-Su students and their families filed last November.
Domino’s Pizza stunt marketing lands Anchorage $25,000 for snow plowing
The campaign started after Anchorage got its record-breaking snowfall in November, overwhelming the city’s snow removal system and shutting down schools for days.
An Anchorage woman is working to offer water cremation and other natural death care options in Alaska
Nationally, a movement toward natural burial, body composting and low-energy cremation is gaining ground.
Big Lake lawmaker proposes state port authority take over Anchorage and Mat-Su ports
Under a port authority, Rep Kevin McCabe says the ports would operate together in the entire state’s interest.
An appraiser told Anchorage its property was worth $3M. The city sold it to the former mayor for $2M
The sale price raises questions about whose interests were served by the transaction — as does a below-market lease that the agency previously granted to the developers.