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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.

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'Low-risk doesn't mean no risk.' The problem with playing the odds with covid-19.

“If we have 1,000 people test positive," said Dr. Zink. "We would expect 260 of them to be children, 23 of them to be hospitalized, five of them to die."

'Low-risk doesn't mean no risk.' The problem with playing the odds with covid-19.
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If Bronson and Dunleavy won’t step up on covid-19, they should at least stop making it worse

At worst they've actively fueled the vitriol that has made the entire situation that much worse and at best have refused to confront disinformation in any meaningful way.

If Bronson and Dunleavy won’t step up on covid-19, they should at least stop making it worse
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'We are the worst place in the pandemic.' Alaska begins rationing care statewide

Meanwhile, Gov. Dunleavy downplayed the severity of the pandemic and argued enhanced prevention isn't needed. “We’re on top of this. We’ve always been on top of this."

'We are the worst place in the pandemic.' Alaska begins rationing care statewide
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Political opportunism is dragging out the pandemic and state's fiscal uncertainty

Oh, God. Not another special session.

Political opportunism is dragging out the pandemic and state's fiscal uncertainty
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The definition of insanity

Isn't doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results the definition of something? Ah, right, Alaska politics.

The definition of insanity
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Have a nice trip, see you later this fall

If the Legislature was stumbling yesterday, it's fallen flat on its face today.

Have a nice trip, see you later this fall
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A divided Legislature stumbles once again

Can the Legislature get a budget passed and/or a covid bill passed? Reply hazy, try again later.

A divided Legislature stumbles once again
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A step forward and two unvaccinated steps back

The Senate passes a bill that looks like it'll create more problems than fix with the pandemic, a look at redistricting, the budget and weekend watching.

A step forward and two unvaccinated steps back
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'The less covid, the better for us.'

Bronson goes pro-covid, a covid-19 bill advances, redistricting, the budget and the reading list.

'The less covid, the better for us.'
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Hospital capacity matters but fewer covid-19 cases would be even better

Ask not what Alaska's hospitals can do to meet the covid-19 surge, ask what we can do to reduce the covid-19 surge that's straining Alaska's hospitals.

Hospital capacity matters but fewer covid-19 cases would be even better