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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.
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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And then there were… 11.
Local news

Violent racial threats are on the rise in Alaska, the NAACP Anchorage warns

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The Anchorage branch of the NAACP said its members and their families have been targeted.
Opinion

OPINION: Downing’s exit from Must Read Alaska was almost noble

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One of the things that I’ll invariably bring up when talking shop about Alaska’s media landscape over a few too many beers is that...
Elections

Taylor says ‘trolls’ and ‘media’ justify hiding business connections as he prepares to run for governor

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Former Attorney General Treg Taylor is expected to file to run for governor soon.
Anchorage

Anchorage Assembly passes on pot-smoking spots

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If you’re looking for a legal place outside your home to light up a joint in Anchorage, you’ll need to keep waiting.
Opinion

If it wasn’t for the low bar set by Dunleavy, this special session would be a humiliating defeat

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Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy's special session is set to expire on Sunday without accomplishing any of his goals.
Elections

As Trump agenda hits Alaska, opponents look to the 2026 elections

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The Anchorage community town hall on Trump impacts on Alaska may not have been nearly as boisterous as one held in the early days of his presidency.
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