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Evening Newscast 02-23-15

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham

A Bozeman lawmaker wants to make big changes to the way the Montana Legislature does its work.

A jury has acquitted the former president of Stone Child College on the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation and her husband of taking kickbacks from a construction company.

The Montana House Monday came within one vote of approving a bill to abolish the death penalty.

A Republican lawmaker has revived a proposal to provide tax credits for private education that narrowly failed the 2013 Montana Legislature.

The federal government predicts that trains hauling crude oil or ethanol will derail an average of 10 times a year nationwide over the next two decade

A former Youth Services counselor has pleaded guilty to two felony rape charges for having sex with a 17-year-old girl under his supervision.

On Tuesday, Montana lawmakers will hear a bill that would reduce the amount of salty road de-icers used on streets and roads.

A state lawmaker from the Rocky Boy’s reservation is sponsoring a bill to help tribal members in Montana track the state grant money their tribes receive.

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