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Rivera reelected acting Anchorage Assembly chair following discussion over breakdown of meeting decorum Print article The Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday night reelected Felix Rivera as acting chair and John Weddleton as acting vice chair. The vote came after members aired grievances and addressed growing tension over the last year among them, which last week culminated in a charged moment between Rivera and Jamie Allard. Municipal code requires that the Assembly select a chair and vice chair annually, by the third Tuesday following the election, and the city clerk conducted the vote by se...

Anchorage Assembly meeting erupts in heated exchange between Rivera and Allard Print article The end of an Anchorage Assembly meeting on Wednesday night erupted in yelling as Assembly Chair Felix Rivera and member Jamie Allard had a heated exchange that ended with Allard threatening possible legal action against Rivera if he cut off her microphone in the future. During the exchange, Rivera said Allard had made comments at a meeting the previous day about immigration at the Texas border that he characterized as “dripping with xenophobia.” Rivera read aloud a long rebuff to her comment...

Anchorage Assembly extends COVID-19 emergency declaration April 14, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Anchorage Assembly has extended into June a local COVID-19 emergency declaration, approving a shorter extension than Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson requested, with some Assembly members indicating this latest extension, the city's eighth, could be the last. The Assembly voted 6-4 Tuesday to extend the declaration, first enacted in March 2020, to June 11. Without the extension, emergency orders — including a mask mandate — would have expired, the Anchorage Daily ...

Anchorage Assembly turns down another push to end citywide emergency declaration Print article The Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday rejected another push from two members to rescind the city’s emergency proclamation in an 8-2 vote. The current proclamation is in effect until mid-April. The motion to end the proclamation was proposed by Assembly member Jamie Allard, who represents Eagle River and Chugiak. Allard issued a memorandum to the Assembly in support of ending the proclamation. “It is time to end the Mayor’s Emergency Declaration, restore the regular system of government, prom...

An emergency order requiring that people wear face masks in public in Anchorage is still in effect.