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Evening Newscast 05-03-16

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
MTPR Evening Newscast

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell was in Montana today, using Hauser Lake as a backdrop while urging Congress to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

Montana attorneys are defending the state's new campaign finance law against a gun-rights organization that wants parts of it blocked before June's primary elections.

The City of Missoula says the recent sale of the city’s water utility company should mean lower rates, but instead, city residents are being overcharged for water.

The Belt High football coach and the school district are denying any negligence in the injuries that severely injured a high-school football player.

U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell visited Montana today. That included a stop in Browning, where she announced that the Blackfeet Tribe will soon begin participating in the one-point-nine-billion-dollar Indian Land buy-back program.

A big fundraising opportunity for Montana non-profits experienced some significant glitches today.

Montana’s gender pay gap was center stage today (Tuesday) in Bozeman. On average, women in Montana earn 67 percent of what men do. Beth Saboe reports that much of the discussion at the Equal Pay Summit focused on transparency when it comes to wages.

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