Cassandra Spencer
Producer
Cassandra’s family moved to Anchorage from Iowa in 2001. She graduated from South Anchorage High School in 2011 and attended the University of Alaska, where she studied English Literature and Political Science.
After college, Cassandra moved to Washington, D.C. in 2017 to work for one of Alaska’s senators on issues relating to energy, the environment, healthcare, education, and telecommunications.
After three years in D.C., Cassandra returned to Alaska and joined the Alaska's News Source team.
Education
Updated: May. 23, 2023 at 5:25 PM AKDT
|By Cassandra Spencer
Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed SB 49 into law Tuesday, which will allow the State of Alaska to sell credits to help offset greenhouse gas emissions.
Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 4:54 PM AKDT
|By Cassandra Spencer
The Alaska Court of Appeals says the state must revisit Winona Fletcher’s 135-year prison sentence.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2023 at 8:37 AM AKDT
|By Lex Yelverton and Cassandra Spencer
The bill, in part, allows cities to levy what are called “blight” taxes, which are placed on old, abandoned, or unsafe buildings until they are repaired or renovated.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 10:12 AM AKST
|By Cassandra Spencer
Police in Bethel are looking for a man they say committed an armed robbery of a marijuana store on Monday night.