ANCHORAGE, Alaska - City leaders in Anchorage have discussed new taxes to offset declines in revenue from the state despite voters failing to pass former tax proposals as recently as April. Assembly members have pitched a sales tax and two versions of an alcohol tax, officials said. The Assembly could place multiple proposals on the ballot, but only want one to go before voters, city officials said. It is unclear how much money that would require and how to fund state services without overseeing them, city officials said. Multiple members of the public commented on the proposals and some have advocated for no new taxes or abolishing existing taxes, officials said.

Source: thestar January 11, 2020 17:15 UTC