https://media.ktoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/newsupdate.mp3In this newscast:

• The Alaska Legislature struck a deal to finalize the state’s budget Thursday evening, on the first day of the special session.
• At their quarterly meeting leaders with the Alaska Federation of Natives said little to address the departure of two major Tribal entities that pulled out of the organization earlier this month.
• Alaska’s death rate from traumatic brain injuries is the highest in the nation, according to a new report from the state health department.
• Two Alaska Native organizations have recently established “Green Banks,” lending institutions dedicated to funding clean energy and environmental infrastructure.