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Matt Acuña Buxton

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.

Friday In The Sun (Dec 4)

Lisa Murkowski gets a challenger, the LGBT repeal could be thrown out, and Dems officially drop Amenduri. Its Friday in the Sun!!!!

Inside The Numbers: Millennials More Supportive Of Government Censorship

Have you have gotten the feeling lately America's younger generation just can't tolerate speech they don't approve of? There is now statistical evidence that is the case.

The Governor’s Real List of 1st Year Accomplishments

; Yesterday, Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott posted this image on his Facebook page. Looking at the list of accomplishments you can understand why many people,...

5 Reasons Anchorage’s LGBT Fight Will Be Different This Time

If the referendum does make it to the April ballot, don’t expect a repeat of four years ago. Here are 5 reasons why.

Political Calendar Created

We are now less than a year until election day 2016 and just over four months until the Anchorage Muni elections. Now is when...

Inside The Numbers: New Survey Shows Americans Hate Government, Want More

Washington Post: "The low level of trust in government is not surprise. The public is generally pessimistic about the economy and the direction of...

Anchorage LGBT Rights Ordinance Repeal Filed

Earlier today a group of citizens including Deborah Bronson (wife of Alaska Family Council board member Dave Bronson) and former Anchorage Republican Women's Club...

Murkowski Campaign Forms Partnership To Attract Energy Industry Money

This summer U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski joined forces with Michigan Congressman Fred Upton to form a lucrative campaign marriage known as a joint fundraising committee. Such committees are designed so two or more candidates can team up for fundraisers, split the costs, and then divide the donations. This is a common practice for congressional candidates across the country, however what is notable about the Murkowski-Upton Victory Committee is that instead of grouping candidates from the same state or geographic region the Murkowski-Upton partnership groups the candidates by economic interest.

Friday In The Sun (Nov 27)

KTUU raids KTVA, Reinbold gets some party support, and the end of the year fundraiser season starts

Halcro Drops The Hammer On Transit Center Crowd

Seeing Halcro stand in the middle of the DTC, surrounded by stereotypical DTC inhabitants, drop the hammer on many of them was a powerful statement of the direction he is taking with the facility, and the community, for better or worse, ought to know it.

Honeman Whacks Demboski Over Budget

During Tuesday night's budget talks at the assembly, Assemblyman Paul Honeman apparently got tired of the many budget amendments offered by Assemblywoman Amy Demboski....

Walker Appoints 2nd Woman To Anchorage Superior Court

As we reported earlier this month, the 17 seat Anchorage Superior Court had become almost entirely male, with 16 men and only 1 woman. That disparity provided good reason to believe Governor Bill Walker would lean towards appointing one of the two female nominees put forward by the Alaska Judicial Council for the seat being vacated by the retiring Judge Michael Spaan.

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