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Good afternoon. It’s Tuesday, Sept. 22.

In today's newsletter:

Five years after the Anchorage Assembly passed a law requiring homeless shelters to be licensed, officials are moving forward with enforcing the requirement amid both initial and ongoing pushback from some operators.
Although Anchorage’s elected officials and residents mostly agree the city needs more housing, all have differing opinions on exactly how to get there. Here's a look at the current state of housing policy in the city.
The Trump administration said it will launch an environmental review of a proposed open-pit copper and zinc mine that conservation groups fear could open up widespread mineral activity in Northwest Alaska.

In the second installment of his two-part series on a doomed Anchorage proposal for traffic cameras in the 1990s, historian David Reamer recounts the public outcry and court challenges that plagued the program and ultimately led to its downfall.

Anchorage weather

It's partly sunny today with a high around 53 degrees. The forecast calls for patchy fog overnight and tomorrow morning, but the rest of Wednesday should be mostly sunny. We can expect sunny skies on Thursday as well.

Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today.

— Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com

City to Anchorage’s homeless shelters: It’s finally time to get licensed →

Many operators have complied with a license requirement the Assembly approved in 2021. Others call the process burdensome and unnecessary.

Alaska takes leading role in new indie drama film ‘The Sun Never Sets’ →

The movie stars Jake Johnson and Dakota Fanning and was produced by Anchorage’s Ashleigh Snead.

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Anchorage officials question which policies will actually bring more affordable housing →

Mayor Suzanne LaFrance, with her administration, and the Anchorage Assembly have both drafted a variety of initiatives this summer meant to incentivize housing development. None have made it across the finish line so far.

Trump administration takes step to permit open-pit mine off proposed Ambler road →

The proposed Arctic Project, northeast of the villages of Kobuk and Shungnak, would be accessed by another controversial project, the 211-mile Ambler road that a state development agency wants to build.