Friday Jan. 23, 2026 KUAC News stories:
1. Gov. Mike Dunleavy outlined his agenda for his final year in office in his annual State of the State address on Thursday.
2. Alaska lawmakers failed Thursday to override Gov. Dunleavy’s veto of a bill that backers said would've modernized the state’s corporate income tax system.
3. Alaska Congressman Nick Begich has a new challenger: Bill Hill, a Bristol Bay fisherman and retired teacher and school administrator.
4. A draft ordinance proposes a roughly 55% pay raise for the City of Fairbanks’s mayor. But some City Council members don't support the measure.
5. A semi-tractor trailer wrecked Monday on a curvy stretch of the Dalton Highway north of Fairbanks, and its tank leaked 14,000 gallons of liquified natural gas.
6. The Trump administration is reviewing the 8(a) business-contracting program that benefits Alaska Native corporations and tribes.
