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Matt Acuña Buxton
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Matt Acuña Buxton is a long-time political reporter who has written for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner and The Midnight Sun political blog. He also authors the daily politics newsletter, The Alaska Memo, and can frequently be found live-tweeting public meetings on Bluesky.
Anchorage

Anchorage Assembly votes to ban homeless camping in some areas over warnings it criminalizes poverty

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The Anchorage Assembly voted 7-5 to criminalize homeless camping and building structures near schools, trails and busy roads on Tuesday.
Anchorage

Ordinance criminalizing some homeless camping in Anchorage is the city’s latest flashpoint

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Editor's note: This post was written ahead of Tuesday's vote, where the Anchorage Assembly approved the initiative 7-5, but slipped through the cracks with...
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Must Read Alaska mistakes one John Williams for another in ‘on-brand’ blunder

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And just in case you're wondering, no, renowned composer John T. Williams is not running for the U.S. House in Alaska.
Federal Government

Alaska’s Planned Parenthood clinics get a break from Trump megabill

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Murkowski negotiated Alaska carve-outs in Trump’s megabill, but failed to secure one for Planned Parenthood access.
Federal Government

Murkowski didn’t spare Alaska from Trump’s megabill; she just delayed the pain

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Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski called her decisive vote for Trump’s megabill “agonizing.”
Commentary

House’s rubberstamp approval of GOP megabill makes Murkowski’s ‘agonizing’ vote look even worse

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Days after Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski cast a decisive vote for Trump’s megabill, the House did not, in fact, fix the bill.
News

Dunleavy calls special session while legislator is on deployment in bid to skirt veto overrides

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Gov. Dunleavy called a special session starting at the beginning of August, ostensibly to push for policies that legislators have already rejected.
Federal Government

Murkowski wants everyone to know casting the deciding vote for GOP’s megabill was really hard

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After warning about its harms to Alaskans, Sen. Lisa Murkowski cast a deciding vote for Trump’s tax bill.
Commentary

Dunleavy compounds rural school troubles with latest veto of teacher housing bill

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For a governor who supposedly cares deeply about schools and rural Alaskans, Dunleavy doesn’t seem interested in making their lives easier.
News

Dunleavy vetoes payday loan bill, says Alaskans should be free to take predatory loans

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The legislation, Senate Bill 39, would have placed a 36% cap on all small-dollar loans in Alaska.
Federal Government

GOP’s Medicaid cuts will be unsurprisingly terrible for Alaska

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The precise shape, scope and impact of the Medicaid cuts have been hard for providers to nail down.
News

Dunleavy’s oil tax secrecy reveals the faults in Alaska’s oil system

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Alaska’s oil tax system is complicated even by tax standards.
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