2026 city election: What do you want to ask Anchorage Assembly and school board candidates?

Ballots for Anchorage's 2026 spring election go out in March, with six Assembly seats and two school board seats up for grabs ...

Anchorage mayor asks Assembly to set aside sales tax proposal in favor of plan to help fund schools

Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance on Monday announced a proposal to place a one-time, $12 million levy for the School District ...
Alaska Public Media

Hey, Anchorage: What do you want to ask your Assembly and school board candidates?

In partnership with the Anchorage Daily News, we’ll be asking every candidate a series of questions ahead of the April 7 ...
Alaska Public Media

Anchorage leaders propose one-time tax hike to send millions to schools

Mayor LaFrance wants the Assembly to pause other revenue proposals, including her 3% sales tax, to focus on the $12 million ...
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Anchorage mayor proposes $12M one-time education levy for school funding gap

Mayor LaFrance and Anchorage Assembly members propose a $12 million one-time levy on the April 7 ballot to help reduce the ...

Anchorage mayor proposes $12 million education levy on April ballot

Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance announced at a press conference Monday a proposal for a $12 million education levy for the ...
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Opinion: When revenue disappears, Anchorage doesn’t get smaller — it gets slow

After years of lost state support and rising costs, pretending there’s still painless fat to cut only guarantees slower ...

Anchorage adopts law to help tenants displaced by unsafe housing

A new municipal ordinance approved by the Anchorage Assembly creates a safety net for tenants who must leave their homes when ...
Alaska Dispatch News

After several raucous Anchorage municipal election cycles, why was this year’s so low-key?

Though the results are still preliminary, Tuesday’s election in Anchorage brought mostly good news for backers of the political status quo. Candidates aligned with existing majorities on the Anchorage ...
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Anchorage Assembly to vote on proposed new rules for homeless camping

Apr. 5—The Anchorage Assembly is set to consider an ordinance that would place new restrictions on homeless camping and give the city more power to tear down encampments in some cases — and more ...