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Evening Newscast 10-18-16

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
Montana Evening News

A Montana Department of Justice official says the agency does not have the authority to investigate what happened to Governor Steve Bullock's emails when he was attorney general.

A U.S. senator says loopholes in federal laws have left authorities with little leverage in seeking the return of tribal religious items. These items are illegal to trade in the country, but sell for thousands of dollars in foreign markets.

Driving under the influence cases that involve methamphetamine have quadrupled according to tests done at the state crime lab.

NorthWestern Energy has successfully appealed its taxable valuation for this year, reducing its projected property taxes by 29 million dollars.

Montana’s hospitals did not benefit financially from the first six months of Medicaid expansion here, according to a new report from the Montana Hospital Association.

A witness has testified that a Kalispell man ran and pleaded for his life before being stabbed two dozen times in the woods east of Creston in what authorities said was a meth-related killing.

A Lincoln County official is asking a federal judge to strike down a Montana law that bars candidates from campaigning as Republicans or Democrats in races for certain offices.

More than 12,000 people are calling for the impeachment of a Montana judge in an online petition sent to the state’s governor.

Republican candidate Greg Gianforte says he will temporarily halt state agency rulemaking and new state contracts worth more than 1 million dollars if he is elected governor.

A former Montana State Prison guard who pleaded guilty to smuggling marijuana and tobacco to inmates has been sentenced to 20 months in federal prison.

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