
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
- 529 Posts
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.

Have a nice trip, see you later this fall
If the Legislature was stumbling yesterday, it's fallen flat on its face today.

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 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.

'The less covid, the better for us.'
Bronson goes pro-covid, a covid-19 bill advances, redistricting, the budget and the reading list.

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.

Covid-19 seizes the legislative spotlight (that it should've had all along)
Oh, and politics, the budget, the reading list and weekend watching.

A $1,100 PFD and a lot more left
While everyone's talking about compromise, no one's asked Rep. Andy Josephson how he feels about the 50-50 PFD.

The Game of Leverage and Concocted Constitutional Crises
The dividend is still $1,100 but the levers of leverage are still leveraging.

Redistricting gets underway and Alaska's investment income takes center stage
Alaska's in the business of making money with money.
