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House members blew past the midnight deadline after voting on dozens of bills on the final day.
By geography, Anchorage had the lowest rate, at 20%, while northern and Southwest Alaska had the highest rates, at 45% and 44% respectively.
Election officials had received and sorted a total of 70,401 ballot packages as of 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Anthony Lee Herring had argued with homeless people in the area near downtown the day before the shooting, prosecutors said.
Rick’s father, Dick Mackey, won the race in 1978, and his brother Lance won four straight Iditarods from 2007 through 2010.
Former Assembly chair LaFrance received 55% of the vote and had a 10-point lead over Mayor Bronson in early results posted Tuesday.
Lawmakers have only two days left to approve proposals aimed at stabilizing the state’s correspondence program after court ruling.
Officials say the training, provided through a $75,000 program approved last week, is intended to make up for limited law enforcement in the region.
Police said the 34-year-old raised a gun at officers Monday morning before they fired.
The check will be part of the operating budget legislators are slated to pass in the final stretch of the legislative session.
Most of the deaths happened in clusters: In April, four people were found dead in a three day period. And on May 2, three homeless men were declared dead in different parts of the city — in less than an hour and a half.
Members of the Alaska Senate approved a bill that would increase the penalties for damaging or defacing property owned by religious organizations and used for religious purposes on Saturday. It will return to the House for concurrence on changes made in Senate committees.
Legislation would create an integrated transmission system and a statutory framework for carbon storage.
Tuesday is the last day to send in ballots or vote in person. Preliminary results are expected after 8 p.m.
Two candidates including Anchorage’s deputy city manager were finalists for the position to replace retiring City Manager John Moosey.
Two people were found dead in a duplex in the Russian Jack neighborhood after crews responded to a fire Sunday afternoon, according to the Anchorage Fire Department.
Alaska state lawmakers are preparing for a final vote on a bill that would eliminate the requirement that many public notices be published in local newspapers.
No charges had been filed by midmorning Monday in what police called an isolated incident.
No officers were injured in the incident early Monday in West Anchorage, according to APD.
Senate leaders have long said the bill will not be considered in the chamber this year.
The Senate Finance Committee proposed tripling the exemption from $150,000 to $450,000. An eligible Alaskan whose home is worth that amount or less would pay no local property taxes.
The task force is modeled on one established over 20 years ago to help salmon fishermen.