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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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Legislature nears overtime as budget impasse drags on

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When Alaska’s Republican-led House passed its version of the budget earlier this year, it contained a $2,700 dividend and a boost to education but...
The Midnight Sun

School funding bill passes Senate. Legislators say there’s more work to be done.

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The Senate today passed what would be the largest single increase in school funding in state history, but it’s an increase that most legislators...
The Midnight Sun

Permanent increase to public school funding headed to vote in the Senate

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After much talk this session about a one-time increase to public school funding, the Senate is poised to pass legislation that would permanently increase...
The Midnight Sun

Legislators reject far-right Bethany Marcum’s appointment UA Board of Regents

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The Alaska Legislature voted narrowly today to reject Bethany Marcum’s appointment to the University of Alaska’s Board of Regents, marking the only rejection in...
The Midnight Sun

House drops ‘egregious’ fee to seal old marijuana convictions

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Ever since the 2014 vote to legalize recreational marijuana in Alaska, there’s been the question of how convictions for what’s no longer a crime...
The Midnight Sun

With pregnancy-related deaths on the rise, Legislature passes bill expanding health care coverage for mothers

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The hearings on Senate Bill 58 have been, to put it lightly, distressing. The legislation, which passed the Legislature on Wednesday, would extend a full...
The Midnight Sun

House committee gets an earful at hearing on RCV repeal

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When far-right Homer Republican Rep. Sarah Vance introduced her legislation to repeal ranked-choice voting at Tuesday’s meeting of the House State Affairs Committee, she...
The Midnight Sun

Opinion: Can an repeal of ranked-choice voting really sneak through?

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With the Legislature entering the final stretch of the 2023 regular legislative session, several bills that have laid dormant for much of session are...
The Midnight Sun

Senate passes new PFD formula, hoping to break through gridlock

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The Senate today passed a new formula for the Alaska Permanent Fund dividend, setting it at a level that backers say should be sustainable...
The Midnight Sun

Funding for education, child care get bumps as Senate wraps up work on the budget

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A bit of last-minute pressure from the Senate Majority's bipartisan membership saw a boost to education funding as the Senate wraps up its work...
The Midnight Sun

Newest version of controversial ‘parents’ rights’ bill would make all classes opt-in

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After closing public testimony on Monday without ever hearing the support for the governor’s “parents’ rights” bill they swore was out there, the House...
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Anti-discrimination bill advances over far-right whataboutism

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Is the right of a person to rent a room, buy a house or find a hotel room without the fear that their sexual...
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