
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.
- Anchorage, Alaska
- 498 Posts
A year of more questions than answers
Uncertainty seems to be the theme of this legislative session.

It's going to be 'halfway' through session forever
Typically, legislators would be starting to think about perhaps starting to maybe wrap things up. Instead, it's a situation best described as quiet chaos with no certain end in sight.

Anchorage’s election is as boring as it is consequential
Let's take a break from the Legislature—that's what legislators are doing—and take a look at why it's hard to get jazzed about Anchorage's incredibly important election.

How's Alaska's economy doing? Not great but it also kinda depends
The pandemic has hit Alaska and Alaskans differently with the service sector and tourism-driven economies hit particularly hard.

The never-ending storm
Legislators start to take a hard look at Alaska's financial picture and its financial history.

A word of warning as the 2022 election season gets underway
Assuming everyone knows everything is a great way to lose an election.

Lowered expectations
It's time to start looking at what's realistic this session.

Navigating the marketplace of bad ideas
A less-than-organized legislature has made room for legislators to make the case for good ideas and against bad ones in a way we rarely see.
