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Morning Newscast 01-23-15

On this edition of Montana Morning Newscast, thousands of people in Glendive can resume drinking from their taps after a crude oil spill in a nearby river and the Nature Conservancy closed on the purchase of more than 117,000 acres of land this week in the Lower Blackfoot watershed.

4 year olds and their parents are expected to rally in Helena in support of Gov. Steve Bullock's plan for public pre-school. A nuclear missile launch officer who pleaded guilty to illegal drug use has been dismissed from the Air Force and was sentenced to one month of confinement in a Montana jail.

North Dakota health officials say testing has concluded that Williston's drinking water is safe following that same oil spill. Yesterday, members of the Montana Legislature heard testimony from people whose lives would be affected by House Bill 47.

A legislator wants to get money to oil boom impacted counties faster and a bill requiring the disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is coming up today in the Montana legislature.

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