Wednesday April 23, 2026 KUAC News stories:
1. The Alaska Senate Finance Committee released its first revision of the state’s operating budget Wednesday that includes a $1,000 Permanent Fund dividend.
2. Railroad megaprojects in the Interior and Southcentral Alaska got a symbolic show of support on Wednesday from the Alaska Legislature.
3. Civil rights advocates are suing over the Dunleavy administration’s decision last year to hand over confidential voter data to the federal government.
4. The Trump administration is proposing steep cuts to the National Park Service and it plans to eliminate nearly 3,000 more positions from the agency’s payroll.
5. An oil and gas lease sale is scheduled for June in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Many Indigenous people nearby worry about its impact on caribou.
