Saturday, February 22, 2025

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.

5 Takeaways from the Alaska Republican Party Picnic

Here are my five takeaways from the event.

Drama Industry Drama at the State Legislature

When the Legislature and Governor ended the Alaska Film Tax Credit program this summer everyone figured it would cause some stress in the film community, but who could have guessed it would devolve into telenovela drama so badly one company would feel the need to lawyer up to protect their reputation.

Voter Registration Initiative Popular In Initial Polling

A ballot initiative that could be voted on during the 2016 state general election appears to have strong support, according to polling released exclusively to TMS.

Berkowitz Talks Climate Change

Mayor Berkowitz gave quite a speech on climate change before to GLACIER Conference. Its a speech that will make progressives tingle and conservatives bristle. Either way, the Mayor's words will engage you and make you think.

New Poll Shows Division on Guns, Abortion, and Illegals

More than seven in 10 Americans said they would prefer a budget agreement to prevent the government from shutting down, compared to just 22...

Local Talk Radio Ratings Are Out. Who Is Way Down?

The latest Anchorage radio ratings are out and there are surprises.

Friday in the Sun

Tid bits we're hearing from around our little political world

Walker Gas Line Consulants’ Contracts Posted

TMS adds some information to the discussion by posting the contracts of the contractors.

Berkowitz Pushes Diversity, Hires Little

When Ethan Berkowitz ran for mayor he made cultural diversity and inclusion a cornerstone of his campaign.   During his transition process that commitment took...

******TMS EXCLUSIVE****** New Polling Sheds Light On State Budget Debate

Polling conducted after the state legislature ended its prolonged summer budget standoff, and released exclusively to TMS, sheds new light on public perceptions of the state budget debate and calls into question polling released earlier this summer.

Walker’s Cringe Worthy Tweet

Yesterday Governor Walker's official twitter account sent out a tweet that will make you shake your head. It appears to have since been deleted, but TMS has it.

******TMS EXCLUSIVE****** New Walker Polling Released

New polling data released exclusively to TMS and conducted after this summer's legislative special session and the Governor's announcement of his unilateral expansion of Medicaid shows he emerged from those battles with strong approval numbers.

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