
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
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Day 121: 'Kabuki theater'
Even though time had run out to reject the pay raises, the House held a debate so legislators could denounce the raises while knowing full well they'd still get them.

Day 120: House leadership tries to pull the plug on school funding bill
Strange things happen ‘neath the Juneau alpenglow.

Day 119: 'An exercise in futility'
The Legislature heads to overtime with little apparent movement on the intractable differences between the House and Senate. Meanwhile, the Alaska Redistricting Board won't give it another go.

Day 117: The cracks are showing
As the House and Senate have a staredown over the budget and the dividend, it's hard to ignore that they're not exactly on the same footing.

Day 115: Marcum rejected and reappointed
Out of a job on the Board of Regents, Marcum heads back to the Alaska Redistricting Board.

Day 113: 'We need to do something drastic'
A permanent increase to Alaska’s public school funding formula is a step closer to reality.... but, wait, but aren’t schools swimming in money?

Day 112: 'Capitulation would be nice'
We're into the final week and a half of the regular session without a whole lot of resolution on the session's big issues.

Day 108: ‘Show some leadership’
As talk about taxes and fiscal plans loom, we really need to ask the question of where we want to be in the end.

Day 106: 'Expect nothing less'
The House State Affairs Committee gets an earful on the RCV repeal; The Senate Finance Committee gets to work on pensions.

Day 105: The home stretch
We’re into the final stretch of the session, and it’s time for things to get weird.
