Mayor Suzanne LaFrance says the proposal would help Anchorage address decades of declining state support and the city’s affordability struggle.

Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance has officially rolled out her 3% sales tax proposal after weeks of development, and it includes numerous exemptions.

From 0% to over 10%, see how combined state and local sales tax rates vary across the U.S. in 2025 and how they impact your ...

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 ...