Sitemap - 2023 - The Alaska Memo by Matt Buxton
‘About as backward as it gets’
Fairbanks Borough progressives pull off a clean sweep, take majority on Assembly
Alaska's aging prison population/Anchorage IT director finally out
A $1,312 PFD and no special session
'The harm suffered by the public was substantial'
Feds pull the plug on flubbed ANWR leases
Corrected: Board of Education calls snap meeting on trans sports ban on THURSDAY
Board of Education calls snap meeting on trans sports ban
Alaska's (Worrying) Economic Trends
'Conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership' (and into Alaska politics)
Anti-RCV group turns to Soros conspiracy theories
Treg Taylor's attack on privacy
RCV opponents hit with more accusations of ignoring state campaign laws
The Alaska Permanent Fund is at risk
'Whether by design or through sheer incompetence.'
‘Relying on ‘corporate assurances’’
A veto for what? A look at Dunleavy's attack on education
'Pro-family' Dunleavy vetoes pro-family spending
The Good, The Bad and—wait—Who?
'A spicy metaphor' and Dunleavy's sophomoric slump
Another Dunleavy official with disturbing views on women has resigned
'Abundant evidence of anti-union animus'
The winners and losers of the session
Sound off: Rank Alaska's legislators
Day 121: 'An extremely difficult year for all of us.'
Day 120: House leadership tries to pull the plug on school funding bill
Day 119: 'An exercise in futility'
Day 117: The cracks are showing
Day 115: Marcum rejected and reappointed
Day 113: 'We need to do something drastic'
Day 112: 'Capitulation would be nice'
Day 108: ‘Show some leadership’
Day 106: 'Expect nothing less'
Day 101: A confetti cannon of unnecessary paperwork
Day 95: 'Impossible to ignore'
Day 93: Dunleavy changes course and proposes a sales tax
Day 92: ‘About as good as it gets’
Day 81: Bronson's losing streak continues
Day 77: House approves extra school funding
Day 74: The kids are still alright
Day 73: In the 'Parents' Rights' fight, all parents are equal but some are more equal than others
Day 72: 'It's almost embarrassing'
Day 70: 'Other options and other players'
Day 65: 'A quarter tank of gas'
Day 64: 'It all has to pencil out'
Day 63: Sound off on the budget
Day 58: Education funding uncertainty
Day 51: Dunleavy's Don't Say 'Don't Say Gay bill' bill
Day 50: Legislature nixes pay raises for Dunleavy and his cabinet
Day 46: Senators demand answers on food stamp backlog. 'We're not afraid of problems.'
Day 45: 'This isn't your grandma's defined benefit plan'
Day 44: 'The BSA is the lowest it's been in the last 20 years, adjusted for inflation'
Day 42: ‘People are literally starving’
Day 39: Alaska's retirement system is falling short for most
Day 38: Eastman censured, again
Day 23: 'It's like you don't give a hoot about our community.'
Day 22: Anchorage HR director Tshibaka is out
Day 21: The bipartisan Freshman Caucus and worthwhile tension
Day 17: Senate goes big on school funding/Chief Justice Winfree gives a fitting farewell
Day 15: EPA delivers long-awaited veto of Pebble Mine
Day 14: Education funding, the budget and carbon offsets
Day 10: ‘We're just asking for the crust’
Day 9: Conservative public pension plan runs into conservative opposition
Slaughtering the sacred cow: Alaska's budget volatility may put the Permanent Fund at risk
Day 8: 'The devil's in the details'
Day 7: Anchorage Assembly takes ‘extraordinary’ measures against Mayor Bronson
Day 4: The House Majority outlines its priorities, kind of
Day 3: The House has elected its speaker
Day 2: No House Speaker or House Speaker vote, yet
Holding the majority comes with a price
Alaska Supreme Court affirms Rep.-elect Jennie Armstrong’s residency
Turns out Dave Bronson is even worse at being mayor than we could have imagined
Love helps prove Rep.-elect Jennie Armstrong's residency
2022 wasn't as bad as expected, but then again we weren't expecting much
Ruling in Eastman trial won't be appealed, allowing the Oath Keeper to keep his seat