North Pole, Mat-Su vote on pot businesses

Residents in two parts of Alaska were deciding Tuesday whether to allow marijuana businesses to operate, according to unofficial election day numbers.
Voters in the city of North Pole voted to prohibit marijuana businesses but those in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough voted to allow them.
North Pole Councilwoman Elizabeth Holm sponsored the initiative, hoping to ban pot sales in the Christmas-themed city, where light poles are shaped like candy canes.
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