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Evening Newscast 03-11-15

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham

On tonight's evening newscast:

Oil could soon start flowing again through a pipeline that was shut down in January after spilling 30,000 gallons of crude into Montana's Yellowstone River near Glendive.

The Ronan School Board has rejected the recommendations of Ronan Superintendent Andy Holmlund and will readmit five students who were suspended following their arrests on drug distribution charges in February.

Today at the Montana Legislature, the Senate Finance and Claims committee discussed a bill that would require outside investigations of neglect and abuse at the Montana State Hospital in Warm Springs.

Businesses in Lolo and Hamilton are receiving the bulk of a million dollars in state economic development trust fund grants. The grants announced today are aimed at spurring business growth and expansion plans

The state Senate Wednesday passed two gun-rights bills that are virtual copies of bills the Governor vetoed in the last session.

Three family members have been sentenced to federal prison as part of a corruption investigation on the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation.

A GOP-led budget panel has rejected Democratic Governor Steve Bullock's $37 million proposal for public preschool programs in Montana.

A Montana lawmaker wants to protect the huge Colstrip coal-fired power plant from potential closure by imposing sizeable impact fees on utilities that shut down plants.

Lewis and Clark County authorities report than an inmate has died at the county jail.

Names of Great Falls homeowners found dead identified.

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