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Evening Newscast 04-03-15

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham

On tonight's evening newscast: The state Highway Patrol has reached a settlement with plaintiffs in a lawsuit claiming the patrol improperly detained Hispanic drivers over unfounded concerns they were in the country illegally.

Fewer wolf deaths were reported in Montana in 2014 than in the previous year, but the population is trending downward.

The Montana Legislature is taking a Spring Break through Monday as it prepares for its final four weeks of work.  Steve Jess has a look at what lawmakers have done so far.

State Department of Livestock officials say bird flu has now been confirmed in chickens in Judith Basin County. This less than a week after the disease killed a captive falcon in Columbia Falls.

Montana's middle class is shrinking as income disparity grows between the upper and lower classes.

A state judge has given Butte-Silver Bow County the authority to demolish what's left of a five-story warehouse that partially collapsed last June and caught fire over the weekend.

A U.S. Senate field hearing planned for next week will focus on the importance of coal to some American Indian tribes in the West.

Glacier National Park officials say the price for a park pass and other fees will hold steady this summer.

 

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