
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
- 525 Posts
'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.

Legislature's bipartisan baby steps run into instant gratification problem
Should the PFD be in the “affordable” range or, having the very rough outlines of a sustainable budget laid out in a non-binding working group’s report, should the state treat itself to a big PFD?

Garas and Walkers and Bear Doctors, oh my!
Let's take a look at where the race stands. Oh, and session finally feels like session.

The Senate Finance Committee's had it with Dunleavy
After three years of ignoring norms and bullying the Legislature, they've had it with Dunleavy and could cut him out in his last term.

Legislators publish balanced path to larger PFDs. Dunleavy sticks to demands.
Walker’s back in the race, the legislative working group’s balanced path to bigger PFDs, Gov. Dunleavy’s demands, the agenda and the reading list.
