Greg Smith

Juneau Assembly pulls a $16M school bond from the fall ballot

Juneau Assembly amends senior hardship tax test to 300% poverty line

“a lot of other states have it that the senior exemption is need-based. So you don't just get it because you're 65, you get it if you fall below certain income levels and are 65. But that's not the case for Alaska.”

Juneau's new casino, and the land the city can't reach

Steel and pilings shrink Juneau's Oak Landing to a third its size

Juneau weighs selling City Hall for top dollar — or for less, to Sealaska

Juneau may spend its last prime waterfront lot on a bathroom

“do we use our last piece of, you know, some key waterfront real estate to, you know, for bathrooms and covered areas for people to stand versus something that potentially could be more valuable or useful there?”

Juneau finance committee deadlocks 4-4 on Eaglecrest closure study as ski area seeks $1.68M

Juneau gets clean audit despite control gaps, three-month delay

Nome cuts school funding by $500K, forcing layoffs and larger classes

“funding coming from the federal level is a lot less than it has been”

Juneau Assembly Finance Committee cuts $736,000 in recurring expenses, faces $687,000 deficit

“I'm looking at their balances, you know, at one point It felt not long ago their fund balance was $30, $40-something million. Amended FY26 is potentially $64 million with a potential increase to the fund balance of $6,800,000.”

Juneau Assembly Finance Committee cuts Travel Juneau budget in 5-4 vote

School district property insurance costs to double, equivalent to four teaching positions

Cordova Council debates mill rate hike as school funding deadline nears

“I wanted to urge people who are listening and to people who are following this issue, especially here, to not to oversimplify what's happening with our decisions here tonight, because I think the whole issue around school funding is it's not just there's a gap locally and we may or may not raise property taxes to cover it.”

Juneau Assembly Finance Committee votes 6-3 to end gondola project, repay Goldbelt