The proposal is aimed at investing in public safety, infrastructure, housing and child care, while easing property taxes.

Mayor Suzanne LaFrance will soon unveil a sales tax proposal similar to one that failed to make it past the Assembly earlier this year. Her proposal, still in draft form and not publicly available, ...

A proposed ballot measure to establish a 3% sales tax in Anchorage and reduce property taxes has enthusiastic support from many community groups and leaders, who say it would create a new way to ...

Cars on the highway with the sun setting over the Chugach Mountains in Anchorage in December 2019. (Joey Mendolia/Alaska Public Media) The Anchorage Assembly rejected a sales tax proposal March 18 ...

As if prices for goods and services weren’t high enough, most state and local governments also impose a sales tax. States and localities use sales taxes as a crucial revenue source, bolstering general ...