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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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Organizing matters

“How you organize determines the outcome.”

Organizing matters
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A House somewhat less divided

The House continues to pull itself together but it's going to be a rocky path forward. Meanwhile, ConocoPhillips announces job cuts just as the Legislature is opening the book on oil taxes.

A House somewhat less divided
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Rolling the dice

Alaska enters a world of uncertainty after allowing the disaster declaration to expire. Meanwhile, there's still plenty of uncertainty for the unorganized House.

Rolling the dice
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The House makes it to 21

The House finally breaks out of 20-20 with the election of House Speaker Louise Stutes, but there's still not an organized majority with just days left on the disaster declaration.

The House makes it to 21
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'We don’t know, we don’t think so'

In a time of uncertainty over the looming expiration of Alaska's public health disaster declaration, Gov. Mike Dunleavy steps up to say it'll probably, maybe be fine.

'We don’t know, we don’t think so'
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'It makes us feel like you don't care'

Alaska's public health disaster declaration will expire in less than a week as the Legislature stumbles over itself.

'It makes us feel like you don't care'
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Who will bag our groceries?

You can say a lot with a question.

Who will bag our groceries?
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The equity of emergency funding

What the inaction says about the fairness in Alaska.

The equity of emergency funding
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‘We’ll get through whatever we’re getting through right now’

It's been an exhausting week navigating covid deniers in the Alaska Legislature.

‘We’ll get through whatever we’re getting through right now’
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There is no bottom

The face of the covid deniers in the Legislature is fully revealed. And she's smirking.

There is no bottom