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Evening Newscast 12-07-17

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
Montana Evening Newscast

A federal appeals court has upheld a Montana law that says judicial candidates cannot seek, accept or use political endorsements in their campaigns.

The state Department of Corrections will soon need to minimize the number of state inmates being held in county jails while awaiting room in state facilities.

A medical clinic in Missoula plans to charge patients a monthly fee for routine medical care starting in January.

Montana firefighters are answering the call to help battle wildfires burning in Southern California.

A federal jury in Montana has found a man guilty of strangling a woman, pouring gasoline on her and setting her on fire, leading to her death more than two months later.

The Interior Department said today it is delaying an Obama-era regulation aimed at restricting harmful methane emissions from oil and gas production on federal lands.

The Trump administration is angering environmental groups by rolling back a 2015 rule requiring trains carrying highly explosive liquids to have electronically controlled pneumatic brakes installed by 2021.

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