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Mayor Sullivan Files Letter of Intent for State Office
Channel 2 NewsSTORY UPDATED AT 9:44 p.m. at 6/4/13 You could call it a game of political poker. Several key players on the Alaska political scene have declared their candidacy and others have yet to show their hands. A few familiar faces will make another run at...Tags: Executive Branch, Sean Parnell, Government, Bill Walker, Local Elections
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City Again Refuses Referendum to Overturn Labor Law Rewrite
Channel 2 NewsThe Municipality of Anchorage has again rejected a petition to place a referendum repealing Mayor Dan Sullivan’s controversial labor ordinance on the city ballot, naming some of the same causes from its first refusal two weeks ago. In a Monday...Tags: Referenda, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice
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Mayor's Marathon Changes Finish Line
Channel 2 SportsThe 40th installment of one of Anchorage's premier footraces will have a different look. The Mayor's Marathon will finish at the Delaney Park Strip this year, rather than West High School. The move was made to give the finish area a more centric,...Tags: The Finish Line Incorporated, Sports
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City Rejects Petition to Repeal Assembly Labor Ordinance
Channel 2 NewsA petition asking voters to repeal Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan’s controversial rewrite of the city’s labor laws has been rejected by city officials, who say it won’t appear on the municipal ballot because it was improperly worded and...Tags: Career and Workplace, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil and Public Service, Elections
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Developing Ship Creek, Muni to Hold 3 Meetings for Master Plan
Channel 2 NewsMayor Sullivan wants your input on developing Ship Creek, an area in between downtown and Government Hill, right next to the Port of Anchorage – a project with a price tag of $4 million. There will be three meetings this week in the evening on...Tags: Alaska Legislature, Science and Technology, Boston, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts)
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State Senate Passes Amended House Bill Targeting Federal Gun Laws
Channel 2 NewsThe state Senate has passed a dramatically modified House bill meant to protect Alaskans’ Second Amendment rights, allowing the state to defend citizens accused of violating future federal gun laws -- as well as state law enforcement officers...Tags: Interior Policy, Sean Parnell, John Jr Coghill, Laws, Politics
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Mayor Sullivan Says Muni Operating Budget "Essentially Flat"
Channel 2 NewsTaxes would increase $1.00 per $100,000 of assessed property under Mayor Dan Sullivan's new revisions for the 2013 general operating budget. Mayor Sullivan says the operating budget is essentially flat compared to the original proposal approved in...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting
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Mayor Sullivan Reacts to Anchorage Municipal Election
Channel 2 NewsSTORY UPDATED AT 1:09 a.m. 4/3/13: Mayor Sullivan’s support had mixed results on election night with three out of five candidates securing wins; Hall, Demboski, and Johnston. Sullivan said other candidates had “tremendous name recognition,...Tags: Public Transportation, Elections, Safety of Citizens, Voting, Government
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Voting Today for the Anchorage Municipal Election
Channel 2 NewsThe Anchorage Municipal Election opens today and voters may place their votes from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at their designated polling locations. Voters will elect six Assembly members and two School Board members, vote on four bond propositions, an exchange...Tags: Voting, Local Elections, Politics, Elections, Polls
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Sullivan Rejects Anchorage Unions' Pay Freeze Offer
Channel 2 NewsAnchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan rejected several municipal unions’ offer of a one-year pay freeze Thursday, setting the stage for a continuing confrontation over a proposed ordinance that would limit their powers. In a letter to representatives of the...Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Finance, Collective Contract, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
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Anchorage Unions Offer 1-Year Pay Freeze to Stop Ordinance
Channel 2 NewsSeven Anchorage municipal employees unions made an offer to Mayor Dan Sullivan Friday, suggesting that they would skip their pay raises for a year if the Anchorage Assembly indefinitely tabled an ordinance that would limit their bargaining powers. In a...Tags: Government, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Civil and Public Service, Politics
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Fairbanks Borough Mayor to Have More Power
Amanda Bohman for the Fairbanks Daily News-MinerThe mayor of the Fairbanks North Star Borough now has more power. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (http://is.gd/rxt1zE) reports that on Thursday the Borough Assembly approved a measure granting Mayor Luke Hopkins the power to hire and fire...
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