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Evening Newscast 05-17-16

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
MTPR Evening Newscast

A federal court has ruled that Montana's campaign contribution limits are unconstitutional.

A commission appointed by the governor to assess the Division of Child and Family Services says the agency is facing an alarming caseload increase with inadequate resources and training, causing staff to burn out and quit.

Today Montana's Republican candidates for governor and superintendent of public schools called for policy changes to grow computer science education in the state.

U.S. officials are adding 63 American Indian reservations across the Midwest and West to an initiative that seeks to return millions of acres of reservation land to tribal ownership.

Infrastructure is becoming a defining issue in key legislative races in Montana as Republican moderates and conservatives battle over the core values of their party.

Secretary of State Linda McCulloch announced the establishment of numerous additional early voting offices on Montana’s American Indian reservations for the upcoming 2016 elections.

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