A bill that proposes a statewide 6% tax on short-term hotel and lodgings received its first hearing in the Alaska House Community and Regional Affairs Committee Tuesday.
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Scott McCrea, president and CEO of Explore Fairbanks, said his board of directors hasn’t taken an official position on HB 220 due to an unlikely chance of it passing.