
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
- 503 Posts
'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.

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 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 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 106: 'Deep reservations'
Legislators give Board of Education member Bob Griffin a major thumbs down.

AKLEG Day 105: 'This difficult interaction'
Shocking—shocking!—well-not-that-shocking.

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.
