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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 newsletter on the Alaska Legislature, The Alaska Memo, and can frequently be found live-tweeting public meetings on Bluesky.
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...
The Midnight Sun

Committee closes testimony on Dunleavy’s ‘parents’ rights’ bill after hearing mostly opposition

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Would a third public hearing on Gov. Mike Dunleay’s “parental rights” legislation have been the charm to deliver the support that its backers claimed...
The Midnight Sun

Alaska Supreme Court issues final decision in redistricting case

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The Alaska Supreme Court today delivered its long-awaited full decision in the lawsuit challenging Alaska’s redistricting maps, driving home last year’s finding that the...
The Midnight Sun

Dunleavy pitches statewide sales tax in private meetings with legislators

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It appears that Gov. Mike Dunleavy has had a change of heart on the state of the state’s budget and just how involved Alaskans...
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