
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
- 509 Posts
Republicans are having a weird time with open primaries and ranked-choice voting
Am I so out of touch? No, it's the voters who must be wrong.

Unopened polling places are unfortunately 'nothing new' for rural Alaska
No news would be good news.

580 signatures
It’ll be difficult to prove there’s fire beneath all this smoke, but there sure is a lot of smoke.

Homeschool ruling reversed by technicality
You are technically correct, the best kind of correct.

'We have a housing shortage, so what?'
The question, to me, is what does preserving the city’s quality of life even mean?

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

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

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.
