Anchorage Assembly News Today

Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett returns to capitol hill thismorning to face another round of questioning by members of the Senate Judiciary committee. Yesterday barrett testified for nearly 12 hours at her confirmation hearing with some exchanges turning heated. Laura podesta is in washington. So laura, what can we expect for today . Reporter good morning, annemarie. We can expect a slightly shorter day for judge Amy Coney Barr...

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Thank you for his service to you and country. Lord, were also grateful for all of our military men and women who back their words with courageous deeds. In this season that brings tidings of a coming dawn, guide our lawmakers through the darkness that precedes the breaking of day. You have guided this nation through stormy places, and we have felt the winds and have been tossed by troubled seas. May our senators, amid the tumult, hear the whisper of your promise to never forsake us. Remind us of...

The family of a man who was killed in a shooting involving Anchorage Police is asking the city Assembly for help.

On Tuesday, the Anchorage Assembly passed a measure allowing restaurants with liquor licenses to serve alcohol two hours earlier, starting at 8:00 a.m. The measure also includes an amendment for package and liquor stores to open at 10 a.m. on Sundays.

Inlet View Elementary School was built in 1957. Supporters of the rebuild say the school is too old and too crowded.

Anchorage business leaders are proposing is proposing a 3% sales tax for Anchorage.

Suzanne LaFrance, who will take office July 1, is appointing Becky Windt Pearson to serve as municipal manager and Katie Scovic as chief of staff.

Assembly chair Chris Constant said the decision to name the next chief should come from the next administration.

Central Lutheran Church in Anchorage plans to put up five tiny homes on its property to welcome homeless seniors ages 50 and above.