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Evening Newscast 04-17-18

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
Evening Newscast 04-17-18

An outgoing University of Montana vice president, who was hired to increase the school's enrollment, says he's concerned the wife of university President Seth Bodnar is seeking confidential student information on behalf of a consultant that has offered to help recruit students.

Montana U.S. Sen. Jon Tester has built a huge fundraising lead over the Republicans hoping to challenge him this fall.

The University of Montana today revealed preliminary plans to eliminate more than 50 faculty positions in order to bring its budget into balance.

A group called Free and Fair Montana is urging voters to oppose the so-called “bathroom ballot” initiative that would require people to use public restrooms and locker rooms that align with the gender on their birth certificate rather than the gender by which they live and identify.

Glacier National Park is recommending that the scorched dormitory of the Sperry Chalet be rebuilt in its original footprint within its original walls.

A Montana judge who overturned the deliberate homicide convictions of two Montana State Prison inmates has ordered them released from custody.

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