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Morning Newscast 05-03-16

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham
MTPR Morning Newscast

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to allow only Republican-registered voters to participate in its primary elections. But the case will go on in a federal appeals court.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Gianforte put $200,000 of his own money into his campaign last month, pushing his fundraising total for the campaign over a million dollars.

Utah associate athletic director Kyle Brennan has been named the new athletic director at Montana State University.

Authorities are looking for a suspect who robbed a Missoula casino at gunpoint and then fled the scene.

Wildlife managers from 18 states and two federal agencies are in Missoula Tuesday and Wednesday to meet with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. The second annual “elk summit” allows leaders of the advocacy group a chance to tell wildlife managers about their priorities and vice versa, says Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Spokesman Mark Holyoak.

A Great Falls man who pleaded guilty to growing marijuana on national forest land has been given a five-year deferred sentence.

Montana ranks near the bottom nationwide for pay equity with women earning 67 percent of what men earn. The third annual Equal Pay Summit being held in Bozeman Monday and Tuesday kicked off with a discussion on negotiating a higher salary.

High rise wood-framed buildings are rare in the United States, but that may change.
Senator Steve Daines has signed on to a bill to accelerate research and development of what are called ‘tall wood buildings’.

Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Greg Gianforte says he’ll back whoever his party nominates to run for president this year. The Bozeman entrepreneur and first-time candidate has so far not identified a particular candidate he supports.

Jane Goodall and other prominent wildlife biologists have signed onto a letter asking President Obama to retain endangered species act protections for Yellowstone-area grizzly bears.

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