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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.
Federal Government

The health ‘transformation’ fund touted by Republicans isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

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At his annual address to lawmakers last week, Sullivan touted the Rural Health Transformation Fund as a landmark achievement.
Commentary

Sullivan, Begich face reckoning over Trump policies sooner than expected

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One of the underappreciated elements of the “Polar Payoff” that helped secure the Alaska Delegation’s votes for Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill is that it was aimed at delaying, not stopping, the worst of it from hitting the state.
News

‘Are we about to see more children detained?’ Legislators probe ICE detention and deportation of Soldotna kindergartener

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Legislators this week are trying to get answers on ICE’s shocking arrest and deportation of a 5-year-old kindergartener, his mother and two siblings.
News

Arrested Alaska Republican legislative staffer was a ‘compulsive child exploitation offender,’ feds warn, as they look for more victims

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There are few things in Alaska politics that can be truly shocking, but the arrest Friday of now-former legislative staffer Craig Scott Valdez for heinous sex crimes against children is one of them.
Elections

Sullivan defends support for SAVE Act despite harm to Alaskan voters: ‘I’m also a senator for America.’

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Congressional Republicans are pushing ahead with a measure to overhaul the nation’s elections.
News

Legislators take another shot to help state’s ailing boarding school despite Dunleavy’s opposition

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The Senate gave another shot at legislation aimed at smoothing out the maintenance needs at the state-run boarding school, Mount Edgecumbe High School.
Politics

Sullivan says ICE has his ‘full support’ after Soldotna kindergartener and family snatched by officers

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Alaska U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan told legislators that he wasn't aware that ICE officers this week detained a 5-year-old Soldotna kindergartener, two teenage siblings...
Commentary

After facing ‘unnecessary grilling,’ Sullivan returns to Legislature with limit on questions

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Last year's question-and-answer session between legislators and Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan featured such brutal questions.
Elections

Meda DeWitt, chair of Recall Dunleavy effort, files to run for governor

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Meda DeWitt, who chaired the effort to recall Governor Mike Dunleavy during his first term in office, is now the 17th candidate seeking the governor's office.
Education

Legislators question state’s handling of Mt. Edgecumbe boarding school after a quarter of the students leave

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The state Drama, Debate and Forensics championships will be a little emptier this year thanks to the state of Alaska’s efforts to “right-size” the state-run boarding school.
Education

Alaska schools say funding is still a problem even after last year’s boost

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Lawmakers and education advocates notched a big win last year when they successfully enacted a permanent increase to funding for schools.
Commentary

Dunleavy’s sales tax proposal flops with legislators, local governments and Alaskans

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There were a series of hearings the House Finance Committee held on Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s omnibus tax bill on Thursday.
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