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Evening Newscast 10-29-15

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
MTPR Evening Newscast

An audit finds that Montana's railroad safety falls short, at a time of high oil train traffic that is only expected to increase.

A judge has granted a request for a death penalty specialist to represent the 18 year old Wyoming man accused of a double murder on Montana's Crow Indian Reservation.

Montana students did worse on a national academic test, compared to when it was administered in 2013.

The Montana Supreme Court says a Helena student may play football while his legal challenge to being banned by the Montana High School Association is pending.

High school math teacher and former U.S. Senate candidate Amanda Curtis has announced she's getting back on the campaign trial, this time for the state Legislature.

The resort town of McCall could become the first city in Idaho to adopt a minimum wage.

The Montana Board of Pardons and Parole has sent Governor Bullock a clemency request by Barry Beach.

Governor Steve Bullock says the Korean market for Montana coal isn’t going away, even though the state’s largest coal producer is cutting back on its exports to Asia.

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