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Evening Newscast 03-06-17

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
Montana Evening Newscast

Montana Republicans have been meeting this afternoon ahead of a vote this evening to select their candidate to face Democrat Rob Quist in the special election for Montana’s U.S. House seat May 25th.

Rob Quist won the Democratic nomination yesterday in Helena.

A new report details the final moments of a career Flathead National Forest law enforcement officer killed last summer after a chance encounter with a grizzly bear.

At this hour Montana’s Republican party has started the selection process for a candidate to challenge Democrat Rob Quist in the May special election to fill Montana’s lone seat in the U.S. House. Montana’s Republican Senator Steve Daines announced today that he will hold a “teletownhall” this coming Wednesday at 6:15 PM.

Delegates to the Montana Republican Party’s nominating convention in Helena are at this hour preparing to vote for who they want to challenge Democrat Rob Quist in the May special election to fill Montana’s lone seat in the U.S. House.

A new report says Montana stands to lose more than $284 million in healthcare funding if Congress repeals the Medicaid expansion that’s part of the Affordable Care Act.

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