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Incumbent Dave Bronson raised the most of any candidate during the March reporting window, though lacks much of the organized outside support of his main opponent heading toward the April 2 deadline.
As of Monday, the city’s election center had received a total of 22,252 ballot packages from voters in the 2024 municipal election.
Last year 52 unhoused people died on the streets of Anchorage. Three and a half months into this year, just one death.
The goal is to improve safety and reunite the Fairview neighborhood near downtown that’s divided by the current connection.
The city is also providing a new way for voters to fix problems with ballot signatures via text message.
Over 90 minutes, the four major candidates answered a series of questions related to topics like homelessness, an impending natural gas shortage and climate change.
Alaska Public Media and the Anchorage Daily News co-hosted a mayoral candidate debate featuring incumbent Dave Bronson, Suzanne LaFrance, Bill Popp and Chris Tuck.
The Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs brought a lawsuit against Joe Gerace after the state said it discovered he’d misrepresented his military rank and believed he received undeservedly high pay.
As some community councils and a planning department report raise concerns, supporters say the changes are needed to combat the city’s severe housing shortage.
Mayor Dave Bronson is running for reelection, and a spokeswoman questioned the timing of the report’s release.
The measure’s backers had argued a permitting program will help the city gather information about the impact of short-term rentals on the housing supply.
Members voted 10-2 against a measure that would have tightened and clarified rules for e-collars and “control by command.”
Next year’s budget for the largest school district in the state is dependent on uncertain state funding. The fate of programs like IGNITE and language immersion programs are in jeopardy.
Dave Bronson’s top opponents — Suzanne LaFrance, Chris Tuck and Bill Popp — say they’ll put an end to conflict between the Assembly and the mayor’s office. Bronson says his reelection is necessary to keep balance in city government and put a check on the Assembly’s power.
The changes would detail what it means to “control by command” or with an electronic collar rather than a leash.
The election comes at a time when the district faces significant challenges, and pits incumbents against candidates who say they want to see fundamental changes to how the board operates.
On the ballot: the mayor’s office, three school board seats and nine bonds and propositions.
Here’s what the candidates had to say about their priorities and many of the issues Anchorage voters said they care about most.
From trail access to elementary school improvements, from public restrooms to new cemeteries, here’s what propositions and bonds Anchorage voters will decide in the 2024 municipal election.
The district is required by state law to draft a resolution approved by the Anchorage School Board in order to hire teachers who have retired.
Anchorage resident Janet Goetz, who died in 2010, left millions in a trust for the establishment of public library branch downtown.
It was the city’s third pedestrian death in the past week.
A Dimond High teacher was the subject of a social media post by Libs of TikTok, an account with millions of followers that often targets members of the LGBTQ+ community.