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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.
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Alaska House GOP brushed off school bill concerns. Others haven’t.

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After blocking efforts to restore the $87 million of public school funding vetoed by Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy last year, the Republican-led House...
Politics

Alaska House strips far-right Rep. Eastman of his only committee seat

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The Alaska House voted 39-1 on Monday to remove far-right Republican Rep. David Eastman from the House Judiciary Committee, leaving the Wasilla legislator without...
Education

Alaska legislators fail to override Dunleavy’s K-12 funding veto

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While a majority of legislators ultimately voted in favor of the override, they fell well short of the three-quarter vote needed under the Alaska Constitution to restore $87 million in K-12 funding.
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Alaska House GOP to hold single public hearing on sweeping education bill

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Alaska House Republicans unveiled their omnibus education package on Wednesday afternoon, a sweeping bill that seeks to advance several Republican priorities on charter schools...
Politics

Rep. Vance, Alaska House Republicans take aim at voter-approved dark money law

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Ever since Alaska voters approved an initiative for ranked-choice voting and open primaries, opponents have claimed voters were tricked into voting for the measure...
Education

Alaska Legislature unlikely to take up K-12 veto after House GOP blocks vote

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The Alaska Legislature returned to session on Tuesday, and education was at the forefront of pretty much everyone’s mind except for the Dunleavy-aligned Republican...
Labor

SCOTUS rejects Alaska Gov. Dunleavy’s appeal in union dues case

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This story has been updated with comment from the Alaska State Employees Association. The Supreme Court of the United States has, for a second time...
State Government

Hundreds rally for Alaska education funding ahead of legislative session

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Town Square Park in downtown Anchorage was packed with hundreds of people who turned out in the chilly weather to show their support for...
Politics

State of session: Alaska education policy to watch

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In this breakdown, let’s look at where the Legislature left education policy last session, what’s happened since then and the outlook for the upcoming session.
Politics

On eve of petition turn-in, anti-ranked choice voting group faces more allegations of underhanded campaigning

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Alaskans for Honest Elections — the sprawling campaign to repeal Alaska’s open primaries and ranked-choice voting system — has been accused of yet another...
Labor

A $15 minimum wage, paid sick leave step toward 2024 ballot

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Organizers for the campaign to raise Alaska’s minimum wage submitted more than 41,000 signatures to the Division of Elections, getting the initiative onto the ballot.
Environment

US Supreme Court denies Dunleavy’s bid to revive Pebble Mine

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Dunleavy, who has the distinction of being one of the few Alaska officials to support the project, argued that the veto was such a grave violation of the state’s rights to develop its resources that it needed to skip the line to the court.
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