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For this Anchorage baker, city’s newly loosened ‘cottage’ food laws ease burden on business

In November, the Anchorage Assembly voted to exempt small businesses that sell some homemade foods from a licensing requirement. Many say it will open up new opportunities.

Bella Biondini 

Sea-Tac airport’s answer to crowding? Construction

The Port of Seattle plans to spend billions upgrading and expanding Sea-Tac. But the Port finds itself short on both space and, with Seattle’s six World Cup matches just months away, time.

Lauren Rosenblatt and Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Seattle Times 

Anchorage Assembly rejects 5% tax on vacation rentals but approves registration tracking

The Assembly ordinance will create what the mayor called a “critical data gathering tool.”

Bella Biondini 

State opts to give Anchorage $19M less than expected for road safety next year

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities allocated $9 million for Anchorage projects out of the total $77 million set aside for statewide highway safety.

Bella Biondini 

Opinion: Coverage of trawling’s role in Alaska halibut decline was a public service

The trawl fleets continue to discard large numbers of halibut and other species as bycatch.

Jody Mason