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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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Inside The Numbers: New Polling on Global Warming Bad For Alaska

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The top explanations given for global warming are deforestation, oil, coal, and natural gas. That is most of what Alaskans use to fuel our economy.
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Right Freaks Out Over Fiscal Education Initiative ***UPDATED***

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The Anchorage School District’s (ASD) decision to develop a new educational curriculum for junior high and high school aged student focused on the state’s budget problems is drawing concern from conservative activists.
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Murkowski Accuses UAF of Negligence In Sex Assault Cases

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Murkowski Accuses UAF of Negligence In Sex Assault Cases
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Halter Beats Devilbiss For Mat-Su Mayor

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The Mat-Su Borough has released updated election results for the October 6th elections. The new numbers show Vern Halter winning the Mat-su mayor's race over incumbent Larry Devilbiss.
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Don Young Launches New Radio Ad

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Don Young Launches New Radio Ad
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Weed Advocates Push For On Site Consumption

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Sponsors of Ballot Measure 2, the initiative that legalized marijuana for adults in Alaska, are urging the state Marijuana Control Board (MCB) to create a licensing process and regulations for marijuana businesses at which adults can purchase and consume marijuana.
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Friday in the Sun (Oct 16)

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Dems pulling together to elect their guy, Republicans ignoring their girl, and union fraud finally on trial. Its Friday in the Sun!!!
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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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