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Evening Newscast 10-25-17

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
Evening Newscast 10-25-17

Disability Rights Montana has filed a lawsuit against the Office of Public Instruction and a rural Montana school district alleging a 16-year-old boy with disabilities has not received any formal education in three years, in violation of federal law.

Today, Governor Steve Bullock named Galen Hollenbaugh commissioner of the state's Department of Labor and Industry.

President Donald Trump's administration is retreating from a congressionally mandated review of some of the most dangerous chemicals in public use.

An executive board member of the Gallatin County Republican Women has resigned after telling the host of a statewide radio program she would have, “shot” the reporter Republican Congressman Greg Gianforte assaulted this spring.

A federal appeals court has set aside the conviction of a Ferndale man who shot three grizzly bears that he claimed killed some of his chickens.

A Montana man shot and killed a grizzly bear that broke into his garage where an elk carcass was hanging.

Teresa Brockie, the first Native American instructor to be on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, was inducted this month as a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. It’s an acknowledgment of the White Clay tribal member’s contribution to public health research.

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