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Evening Newscast 06-05-18

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
Evening Newscast 06-05-18

Montana voters are going to the polls today to pick challengers to Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester and Republican U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte.

An independent watchdog has cleared Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke of wrongdoing when he gave a speech to a National Hockey League team owned by a campaign contributor.

Numbers in a new state revenue report mean Montana can likely restore some of the cuts made during last year’s budget crisis. At least that’s how one prominent Republican state lawmaker is interpreting them.

For the second time in three days, an elk has attacked someone in Yellowstone National Park.

More Montana voters have cast absentee ballots in this primary election than any primary over the past decade, and perhaps in state history.

The #MeToo movement has prompted a record number of women to run for office across the nation, but Democratic U.S. House candidate Kathleen Williams is the only female candidate for federal office in Montana's primaries this year.

Montana wildlife officials have captured and relocated a 3-year-old grizzly bear that prompted a call for a refund at a small-town golf course.

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