New taxi regulations will be on April ballot

After an expedited review, a referendum on Anchorage’s new taxi cab regulation will be on the April ballot. The ballot question asks voters if they want to repeal an ordinance that passed last December, creating more than 100 additional taxi permits in the municipality over the next five years. Sponsors said the measure aims to foster competition in the industry. The ordinance also allows medical-vehicles-for-hire to take Medicaid vouchers and creates a new kind of taxi permit for non-prof