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Assembly member Nano Brooks made the motion, which passed in a 6-2 vote. Brooks was elected last fall after the Assembly voted to move forward with the neighborhood’s demolition to redevelop the area into newer, denser housing.

The budget now heads to the Kenai Peninsula Borough. The district estimates it will save almost $2 million the first year after closing the schools.

Two conservative candidates -- Donald Handeland of Eagle River and Dave Donley of Midtown Anchorage -- were leading in races for open seats, as was North Anchorage progressive Sydney Scout. Three incumbent Assembly members held sizable leads.

Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case says officers responded to reports that an armed man was choking a woman near her infant child in a northeast Anchorage home.

The aim is to address Juneau’s current lack of shelter space and housing units and reduce the number of unhoused people camping outside in the summer.

School leaders identified converging crises of budget shortfalls, deferred maintenance and teacher shortages at their annual visit to the state Capitol.

A Democrat in the state House breaks ranks to include a massive PFD in a draft of the state budget.

Nome Democratic Rep. Neal Foster voted with Republicans to insert the $3,800 PFD as Alaskans face high costs. Independent Rep. Calvin Schrage says it gives Alaskans "false hope."

The president has had mixed messages about how and when the U.S.-Israel-led war in Iran will end.

Mining, long a part of state history, is now a $4 billion-a-year industry in Alaska, with export value rivaling that of seafood, a state analysis shows.