
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
- 526 Posts
Jumping the shark
With an unhinged news conference, Sen. Reinbold went from a fascinating distraction to a tiresome distraction. Rep. Fields takes his punishment the way we'd hope more people would and other notes.

Murkowski backs Haaland for interior secretary
Today’s memo covers the morning’s news about Murkowski’s support for Rep. Deb Haaland, the latest recall in Alaska and some chatter about oil taxes.

A formula for disaster
A House Finance Committee hearing crystalizes the challenges to the state's financial situation created by Gov. Mike Dunleavy's insistence that all tough decisions be made by the voters.

The merry world of alternative facts
Covid continues to run wild on the capitol, the Senate Judiciary Committee does Senate Judiciary Committee things and a nice send-off for Mike Bradner.

Weekend warriors
If you thought a case of covid-19 would change some attitudes, you haven't been paying attention.

Loaded for bear
The standstill as the Alaska Capitol grapples with its first case of covid-19, talking about a very dumb floor speech and a far better committee hearing.

Covid-19 comes to the capitol
It's been a remarkable 24 hours with a big shakeup in the governor's office, the governor's covid-19 diagnosis, continued covid disinformation and a covid case in the House.

Flying blind
Ben Stevens is out, legislators look for guidance on overspending from the Alaska Permanent Fund and subcommittees get to work.

35 days in, 55 days to go
A check-in on how things are going with the legislative session.