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Amid a child care crisis, Anchorage officials are set to vote on loosening day care regulations
The Assembly is weighing a proposal to eliminate and modify several municipal regulations affecting in-home nurseries and day care centers for kids. The intent, according to members of Mayor Suzanne ...
Anchorage mayor’s homeless coordinator leaving job
Farina Brown, the special assistant on Homelessness and Health to Mayor Suzanne LaFrance, announced this week that she will ...
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One year in, Anchorage Mayor LaFrance reflects on housing, homelessness and public safety
Suzanne LaFrance recently marked her first year as mayor of Alaska’s largest city and discussed some of her accomplishments, ...
Anchorage Rebuilds Its Prosecutor’s Office After Our Reporting Revealed Hundreds of Criminal Case Dismissals
Kyle Hopkins, Anchorage Daily News This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with the Anchorage Daily News. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your ...
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Mayor LaFrance visits Girdwood to highlight local growth and development
Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance visited Girdwood to spotlight major projects, including daycare expansion, new commercial ...
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Mayor LaFrance calls Anchorage ICE arrests ‘frustrating’
In an interview, Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance said she’d rather see assistance from the federal government in tackling ...
Anchorage rebuilds prosecutor's office after hundreds of criminal case dismissals
This article was produced for ProPublica's Local Reporting Network in partnership with the. Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance said this week that the city has hired a full roster of prosecutors and is ...
Camp cleanings, housing costs and what’s next for Anchorage
Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance says her administration has spent the past year “fixing what’s broken” while laying a ...