Wednesday Oct. 20, 2026 KUAC News stories:
1. The state of Alaska is asking a judge to immediately dismiss a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit that would block election results if Republican U.S. Senator Dan narrowly loses to Democrat Mary Peltola.
2. Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski made a surprise endorsement Tuesday in the Alaska governor’s race: Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins.
3. The state has been unable to set up polling places in some rural Alaska communities, despite the fact that early voting began more than a week ago.
4. Alaska does not have laws that allow terminally ill people to choose to die with medical assistance. But a new organization is working to eventually bring the practice here.
5. A lawsuit filed last week argues that a planned transfer of state land in the Mat-Su to the state economic development agency is unconstitutional.
