
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
The equity of emergency funding
What the inaction says about the fairness in Alaska.

‘We’ll get through whatever we’re getting through right now’
It's been an exhausting week navigating covid deniers in the Alaska Legislature.

There is no bottom
The face of the covid deniers in the Legislature is fully revealed. And she's smirking.

How low can we go?
Sen. Reinbold pushes hydroxychloroquine, vaccine conspiracy theories during off-the-rails hearing on covid. Online checkbook bill gets a thumbs up.

Time flies when you're having fun (spending down $16 billion)
The big budget issues are coming into focus while a new one emerges in the Senate Education Committee.

Another.
For a second time in six months, Alaska's attorney general resigns amid sexual misconduct allegations. Something's broken.

The Last Park Ranger
Dunleavy delivers an uninspired State of the State focused more on cancel culture than his lack of a plan to address the state's precarious financial position. The Senate steps up.

The bullied pulpit
Right-wing covid-denying Sen. Lora Reinbold’s first Senate Judiciary Committee probably didn’t go how she wanted. Oil taxes get a bump, and the Senate Democrats stand united.

The weaponization of disinformation
Things get dark on the Anchorage Assembly as the Nazi-license-plate saga continues. Oh, and the House is still not organized.
