Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026 KUAC News stories:
1. The Alaska House approved a fast-tracked spending bill totaling nearly half a billion dollars on Monday. It’s intended to cover higher-than-expected costs this fiscal year, and it’s a combination of several requests from Gov. Mike Dunleavy.
2. The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Friday that it’s getting ready to offer more than two million acres of federally managed land to the state of Alaska.
3. A measure to repeal Alaska’s nonpartisan primaries and ranked-choice voting will be on the ballot this year, but disputes continue on the wording of the ballot question.
4. The Alaska Climate Research Center released a report last month that says Alaska saw its 8th hottest year on record in 2025.
