Musically, Anchorage is a pretty transient town. It’s not uncommon for bands, venues, and even whole scenes to pop up and dissipate seemingly overnight. So when a band sticks around for a while, musicians and concertgoers in the 49th state tend to sit up…… Read More
Thanksgiving is only four days away! It’s almost two weeks past Election Day and results are still being updated. Because of the nature of ranked choice voting we won’t know the outcome of several races until Wednesday, when votes are … Read More
(Warning: this article contains spoilers about Season One of ABC’s Alaska Daily) The show opens at sunset in the waters off the Gulf of Alaska…… Read More
At the risk of returning to a subject some think we have already overdone, this week we focus again on the argument some (largely on the right) make that using taxes to raise revenue would only serve to increase government … Read More
Representative Tom McKay (R – Anchorage) and Republican Julie Coulombe may end up being victims of ranked choice voting. McKay and Coulombe are…… Read More
The 2022 general election has come and gone. But tens of thousands of absentee and early votes remain to be counted and we won’t know the outcome of several races until the ranked choice retabulation happens on November 23. The … Read More
Welcome to this edition of the Alaska Stalker, a lighthearted round up of the best and worst of Alaska’s social media landscape. If you enjoy the Alaska Stalker, please consider supporting working moms like me by sending in…… Read More
As we wait for the results of the state level elections to become clearer, this week we check in on how FY23 is going from a fiscal perspective. Four months in, a little over a third of FY23 is in … Read More
Make sure tune into our live election coverage starting tonight at 7:30 pm. We will be broadcasting live on the Landmine website as well as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. This is the first election since 2014 where three statewide races … Read More
Today is the 2022 Alaska general election! Landmine staff looked at all 62 races (the three statewide races plus the 59 legislative races) as well as the constitutional convention question. The new open primary and ranked choice voting have seriously transformed the way we elect candidates in Alaska.… Read More