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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.
Courts

Alaska Supreme Court rules GOP group still must answer for 2022 campaign complaints

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The ruling is the latest in one of the state's longest-running unresolved campaign finance complaints.
Economy

Anchorage cannabis cafe moves forward despite Assembly voting down smoking

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Anchorage is set to get its first pot cafe early next year, marking the first place in the city outside your home where it will be legal to use marijuana.
Fairbanks

Fairbanks progressives win near-sweep in local elections

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Progressive candidate Mindy O’Neall’s victory over Fairbanks Mayor David Pruhs headlined a nearly clean sweep of the area’s local elections Tuesday night.
Federal Government

Murkowski has a lot of concerns, few solutions for Trump

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Alaska’s U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she had plenty of concerns about Trump using the military against American cities.
Anchorage

The Alaska Governor’s Race Power Rankings: A Baker’s Dozen

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At this point, who isn’t running for governor?
News

Journalists resign after Carpenter Media censors coverage to appease GOP lawmaker

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Homer Republican Rep. Sarah Vance got what she wanted, and now the Kenai Peninsula has four fewer working journalists.
Education

Dunleavy vetoes bill that would have funded K-12 reading and jobs programs

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Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy issued his ninth veto of the 2025-2026 Legislature, blocking a bipartisan bill that would have extended corporate income taxes...
Editorial

Opinion: Treg Taylor isn’t getting the best reception his money (or the state’s) can buy

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Alaska’s former Attorney General Treg Taylor officially joined the race for governor last week, launching his campaign off a six-plus-month runway filled with profile-raising,...
Local news

Alaska GOP Rep. Vance threatens boycott of Homer News over Charlie Kirk coverage

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This story has been updated to more accurately reflect Kirk's quote on how Black women like U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson "do...
Federal Government

More than 25,000 Alaskans will see health insurance costs skyrocket under Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

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Many of the most disastrous elements of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill were designed to kick in only after the 2026 elections, sparing Republicans like...
Politics

Treg Taylor still has to disclose his business connections, campaign regulators find

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The Alaska Public Offices Commission isn’t letting former Attorney General Treg Taylor skirt the state’s financial disclosure rules as he enters the race for...
Elections

The Alaska Governor’s Race Power Rankings: Tregnancy Announcement

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