Skip to content

Matt Acuña Buxton

Matt is a longtime journalist and longtime nerd for Alaska politics and policy. Alaska became his home in 2011, and he's covered the Legislature and more in newspapers, live threads and blogs.

Members Public

'A bigger role'

We’re already looking at a rematch-packed election cycle that has the potential to reshape the Alaska Legislature.

'A bigger role'
Members Public

AKLEG: Sine Die

In this edition, I’ll be breaking down four things that caught my attention… then taking another nap.

AKLEG: Sine Die
Members Public

AKLEG Day 119: 'Destroying an ant with a bulldozer'

While Republicans seemed split between simmering transphobia and complete apathy to the issue, the House Minority didn’t make it easy or fast with a slate of amendments that consumed all of Saturday.

AKLEG Day 119: 'Destroying an ant with a bulldozer'
Members Public

AKLEG Day 116: 'A major waste'

The final countdown.

AKLEG Day 116: 'A major waste'
Members Public

AKLEG Day 114: 'Cover-yourself behavior'

While some trustees are eager to investigate embarrassing leaks, others are more focused on the conditions that caused them.

AKLEG Day 114: 'Cover-yourself behavior'
Members Public

AKLEG Day 113: 'Baubles and trinkets'

A look at a change to the carbon storage bill to close a "loophole" that has long frustrated critics of the state's oil and gas industry.

AKLEG Day 113: 'Baubles and trinkets'
Members Public

AKLEG Day 112: 'Mischaracterizes and misreads'

The problem with the legislative fixes is that they restore guardrails to the home-school program, firmly shutting the lid on the cookie jar that Dunleavy and his allies had their hand in.

AKLEG Day 112: 'Mischaracterizes and misreads'
Members Public

AKLEG Day 106: 'Deep reservations'

Legislators give Board of Education member Bob Griffin a major thumbs down.

AKLEG Day 106: 'Deep reservations'
Members Public

AKLEG Day 105: 'This difficult interaction'

Shocking—shocking!—well-not-that-shocking.

AKLEG Day 105: 'This difficult interaction'
Members Public

AKLEG Day 101: "Sense of the House"

The lawsuit and its fallout have exposed Alaska’s two-tiered public education system, which many Republicans seem deadset on maintaining.

AKLEG Day 101: "Sense of the House"