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Evening Newscast 05-20-15

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham

On this edition of the Montana Evening Newscast, a Great Falls trial lawyer is giving the University of Montana law school $10 million, and the school is one step away from being re-named in his honor.

A northern Idaho couple and an environmental group have filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service challenging the agency's decision to designate a road as public and opening it to trucks for a logging project on state land.

A doctor in Hamilton who lost his license for excessive prescription of pain medication has agreed to acknowledge some wrongdoing in order to begin practicing medicine again.

New data says Montana does a good job at placing placing kids in its child welfare system with relatives or foster families, which is seen as preferable to placements in group homes.

Two Forest Service helicopter crews are practicing medical evacuation maneuvers this week west of Missoula.

State Department of Natural Resources and Conservation officials say their planned moved to a new facility in Helena will come with some belt tightening after lawmakers denied additional money for rent in the state's main budget bill.

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