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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.
Politics

Alaska Division of Elections plans to disqualify the Other Dan Sullivan without proof of alleged fraud

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The Alaska Division of Elections still hasn’t shown what evidence it has to block a Petersburg Republican named Dan Sullivan from running for U.S. Senate.
Economy

AKLNG bill advances without the option for local governments to cut their own deals

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With a little more than a week remaining in Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy's special session, the gasline subsidy bill is nearing a vote in the House.
Commentary

Alaska Republicans are absolutely losing their minds over the other Dan Sullivan

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When Petersburg Republican Dan J. Sullivan entered the race against Alaska U.S. Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, he felt it was a good way to call out the notoriously constituent-adverse lawmaker.
Commentary

AKLNG’s proposed gas contract highlights the project’s underlying challenge: There just aren’t that many Alaskans

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The AKLNG special session continued this week, giving more clarity on what will be an undeniably difficult project, no matter the subsidy lawmakers ultimately approve.
Elections

Matt Buxton’s definitive way-too-early tier list of Alaska’s candidates for governor

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The filing period for Alaska’s statewide races closed on Monday, setting up an expansive, 17-candidate field for the state’s next governor.
News

Reinbold loses bid to revive lawsuit against Alaska Airlines over flight ban

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In an order issued in late May, the district denied a motion from Lora Reinbold to revive a lawsuit against Alaska Airlines.
Commentary

Risk-averse legislators dismiss the AKLNG ‘razzle dazzle’ to drill down on the giga-project’s details

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The biggest takeaway from the first full week of hearings on Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed multi-billion-dollar, multi-decade subsidy for the natural gas pipeline project is that the state sure is lucky that lawmakers’ efforts to rush the bill through didn’t pan out.
Opinion

Dunleavy’s latest vetoes are a reminder that a lot will have to wait for a new governor

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Alaska’s 2026 regular legislative session came to a largely smooth ending last week.
Commentary

Following bruising last-minute push for AKLNG subsidy, legislators slow it down for the special session

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Lawmakers adjourned the regular session on Wednesday in a largely uneventful final day, at least compared to the mayhem of Monday's attempt to force through a multibillion-dollar subsidy in the form of state and local tax cuts.
Health

Alaska Republicans commandeer anti-smoking bill to legalize ‘super cool’ cigar lounges

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A measure aimed at curbing youth smoking and vaping will now also legalize what one Republican insisted are “super popular, super cool” cigar lounges.
Labor

Long-running fight for public-sector pensions ends, for now, with failed veto override

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The 33-27 vote fell short of the 40 votes needed to enact House Bill 78, which would have given public-sector employees the option to opt into a pension system.
News

Dunleavy vetoes pension bill after legislators try and fail to pass massive pipeline subsidy

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Under the gun to pass a bill by midnight or face a veto of the public pension bill, lawmakers in the House tried to slam through the AKLNG bill.
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