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Morning Newscast 03-05-15

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham

On this edition of Montana Morning Newscast, crews in Bigfork are flushing hydrants and treating the water supply with chlorine in an effort to eliminate bacteria that was discovered last month.

A federal judge has confirmed a bankruptcy reorganization plan for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena.

A Senate finance committee today hears three GOP-sponsored mental health care funding bills that fall far short of longer-term proposals by Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock.

Rep. Keith Regier of Kalispell is sponsoring a bill which would make it a crime for doctors to administer pregnancy-ending medication through telemedicine.

Attorney General Tim Fox has announced that Glen Stinar will be the new Montana Law Enforcement Academy administrator.

A judge has sentenced a Washington state man to 20 years in the Montana State Prison for shooting a man in an apparent dispute over stolen drugs near Missoula.

Both of Montana’s senators voted to override President Obama’s veto of the Keystone XL pipeline bill today.

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