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‘Delicate balance’ election bill clears the House, on track to pass the Legislature

Elections Matt Acuña Buxton - March 24, 2026

The Alaska House on Monday passed a long-awaited elections reform bill described as a "delicate balance" of progressive and conservative priorities.

Legislators consider cutting pot taxes, but the industry is split on move to sales tax

Economy Matt Acuña Buxton - March 19, 2026

One of the long-running legislative goals of Alaska’s recreational marijuana industry is to graduate from the original tax structure from 2014.

With volatile oil prices, Alaska Republicans bet on the upside

Politics Matt Acuña Buxton - March 18, 2026

Trump’s war with Iran will probably drive up Alaska’s oil prices by just enough.

U.S. Rep. Nick Begich told legislators to get on board with the LNG pipeline project. They’ve got questions.

Oil & Gas Matt Acuña Buxton - March 13, 2026

Alaska U.S. Republican Rep. Nick Begich’s annual address to the Alaska Legislature this week included an unusually direct order to legislators.

Spiking prices are a reminder Alaska really needs to get off the oil roller coaster

Commentary Matt Acuña Buxton - March 11, 2026

This commentary was originally published in AK Memo. After a muted initial reaction to Trump kicking off a war with Iran, oil prices soared to nearly $120 a barrel in early trading on Monday amid fears that it was going...

As legislators raise alarm over feds getting private voter information, Dunleavy officials say they’d do it again

Politics Matt Acuña Buxton - March 6, 2026

The U.S. Department of Justice was given unprecedented access to Alaskan voters’ private information.

Online age verification could be coming to Alaska, piggybacking on anti-CSAM bill

News Matt Acuña Buxton - March 3, 2026

But the bill does a whole lot more than that in the name of childrens’ safety.

The health ‘transformation’ fund touted by Republicans isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

Federal Government Matt Acuña Buxton - February 27, 2026

At his annual address to lawmakers last week, Sullivan touted the Rural Health Transformation Fund as a landmark achievement.

‘Are we about to see more children detained?’ Legislators probe ICE detention and deportation of Soldotna kindergartener

News Matt Acuña Buxton - February 25, 2026

Legislators this week are trying to get answers on ICE’s shocking arrest and deportation of a 5-year-old kindergartener, his mother and two siblings.

Anchorage Republican spending lots of his own money in governor’s race, early campaign records show

Elections James Brooks, Alaska Beacon - February 24, 2026

An Anchorage doctor and his wife have put almost $1.3 million of their own money into his campaign for Alaska governor, an extraordinary act that puts him atop early fundraising totals in figures published this week by the Alaska...

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