
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
- 514 Posts
The never-ending storm
Legislators start to take a hard look at Alaska's financial picture and its financial history.

A word of warning as the 2022 election season gets underway
Assuming everyone knows everything is a great way to lose an election.

Lowered expectations
It's time to start looking at what's realistic this session.

Navigating the marketplace of bad ideas
A less-than-organized legislature has made room for legislators to make the case for good ideas and against bad ones in a way we rarely see.

When will it be safe to stop wearing seatbelts?
The House majority pushes ahead with the covid-19 disaster declaration, arguing that it's better to be safe than sorry.

It's budget closeout week in the House
The budget finally begins to take shape, but what about that dividend?

This may take a while
With a late start for the House, ongoing issues with covid-19 and little direction on the monumental decisions, this session is increasingly likely to go into overtime.

Lora, you're embarrassing yourself
At least about half of the people in the Capitol have received the first dose of the covid-19 vaccine.
