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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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‘Unfathomable.’ Senate Education chair blasts proposal to limit trans kids’ participation in school sports

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‘Unfathomable.’ Senate Education chair blasts proposal to limit trans kids’ participation in school sports Attempts to ban or limit transgender athletes’ participation in school sports...
The Midnight Sun

‘We’re sub to the EPA’s dom.’ Alaska commissioner sends BDSM-themed letter to the feds

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I can't believe I'm about to write the words that I'm about to write. Alaska Department of Environmental Commissioner Jason Brune this week sent a...
The Midnight Sun

‘It’s far better than a default.’ Alaska Rep. Peltola votes for debt deal

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With a vote of 314-117, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Wednesday to raise the debt ceiling as part of a mad...
The Midnight Sun

Dunleavy adds GOP ally Tuckerman Babcock to UA Board of Regents

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You know what they say: There are always more far-right conservatives in the sea. After the Alaska Legislature rejected the appointment of far-right conservative Bethany...
The Midnight Sun

Another Dunleavy official with disturbing views on women has resigned

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In a shocking-even-by-today’s-standards report dropped Tuesday, Alaska Public Media pulled several years of podcasts by Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s policy advisor on “pro-family” issues into...
The Midnight Sun

Supreme Court finds Dunleavy’s attack on unions violated a litany of state labor laws

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A year into his first term, Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration set out on a mission to undermine public unions under a wildly expanded reading...
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Legislature left permanent school funding increase near the finish line

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Easily the most important topic of the session, a permanent increase in education funding has been the subject of many hours of legislative hearings,...
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The winners and losers of the 2023 legislative session

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It's been a week since the Alaska Legislature ran into the constitutional 121-day limit, failing to pass a budget and sending things into one-day...
The Midnight Sun

Sound off: Rank the legislators

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After the Alaska Legislature's 2023 legislative session mercifully came to an end, sparing us yet another year of wondering about a budget and government...
The Midnight Sun

Legislature strikes a deal on the budget with $34.2 million in earmarks

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It took fewer than 24 hours and more than $34 million in capital project earmarks for members of the House Majority for the Legislature...
The Midnight Sun

Legislature headed to overtime after GOP-led House balks at budget vote

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The Alaska Legislature is headed to a special session after the Republican-led House adjourned rather than taking a potentially organization-fracturing vote on the state...
The Midnight Sun

Legislators run out the clock, allowing their pay raise to go into effect

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The penultimate day of the 2023 legislative session didn’t produce any action on the Legislature’s must-do job of passing the budget, but it did...
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