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After 4 years, Anchorage schools superintendent to leave for Virginia job

Jharrett Bryantt has led Alaska’s largest school district since 2022. He’ll take over the Alexandria City School District in February.

Anchorage Assembly member proposes making school board seats chosen by district

Currently, all school board seats are at-large, meaning all Anchorage voters elect them. A proposal from before the Assembly would instead have school board members elected to represent different Anchorage areas.

Almost 40% of Alaska households don’t earn enough to make ends meet, according to new report

That’s dramatically more than the number of households below the federal poverty line.

No vote on MMHOP: The controversial housing proposal is postponed

Sponsor Erin Baldwin Day called for a work session Wednesday to sort through more than a dozen proposed amendments.

3 Alaska governor candidates say they’ll make Juneau mansion home

Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins and Republicans Bernadette Wilson and Dave Bronson all pledged to live in the Juneau mansion during a candidate forum in the capital city. Republican Treg Taylor did not attend the event.