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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.
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Alaska Chamber Sets Legislative Priorities

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The Alaska Chamber held their annual meeting in Fairbanks this week where they discussed and voted on the legislative priorities to lobby state and federal officials on in the coming year.
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McGuire Charged With Not Disclosing Husband’s Income

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APOC is charging State Senator Lesil McGuire for failing to disclose income from her husband, even though APOC says they told her to several times.
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KTVA Chases KTUU In Anchorage TV News Ratings

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The May and July 2015 sweeps, a year and a half after the KTVA reboot, marks a good starting point to begin drawing judgments on what, if any, progress KTVA is making in its quest to compete.
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Begich Leaves Door Open To Senate Run

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Tuesday, filling in as host of a local Anchorage radio talk show, Begich was directly asked by a caller if he would run for office next cycle. His response will have people talking.
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Gov. Walker Flips Script on Environmentalists

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Gov. Bill Walker is turning the tables on environmentalists, saying Alaska needs the revenues new oil development would provide to fight climate change.
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Repealed Labor Law Already An Issue In Assembly Race

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The West Anchorage Assembly race is still six months from being decided, but it's already getting heated as the three way dynamic between solidly conservative Adam Trombley, proudly progressive Eric Croft, and decidedly non-partisan Ira Perman forces all three candidates to jockey to define both themselves and their opponents.
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Beiling Challenges Hawker In GOP Primary

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Friday morning on the Rick Rydell radio show former Florida congressional candidate Ross Beiling announced he was challenging Mike Hawker in the Republican primary for state house district 28.
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Twilight of the GOP Elite?

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With the rise of "outsider" candidates in the Republican presidential primary and the failure of John Boehner's hand picked successor in the race for Speaker of the House, one has to wonder if party insiders and powerful special interests truly have lost control of the GOP.
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Hollis French Disqualified From Judicial Appointment

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Former State Senator and Democrat candidate for Lt. Governor Hollis French’s bid for a judicial appointment has ended.
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Friday in the Sun (October 9)

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People In The Sun Play the game It looks like we'll have a few new additions to Anchorage's state house races. I'm told former Assemblyman...
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Paradoxes Plague State’s Fiscal Debate

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The summer has seen a lot of effort going into defining the discussion of how to solve Alaska’s fiscal problems. Alaska has a roughly...
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