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Morning Newscast 05-04-16

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham

U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell visited Montana yesterday. That included a stop in Browning, where she announced that the Blackfeet Tribe will soon begin participating in the $1.9 billion Indian Land buy-back program.

Montana attorneys are defending the state's new campaign finance law against a gun rights organization that wants parts of it blocked before June's primary elections.

Authorities say a 28-year-old man died in a house fire in Sheridan, Wyoming and another person was treated at a hospital for smoke inhalation.

Federal officials are reversing a 2013 finding that Montana's largest city was out of compliance with air pollution standards.

The Montana Rail Link has recently furloughed 36 employees and that number is expected to grow with the downturn of the coal industry.

Authorities have identified the body of a man who was found in an irrigation ditch near Shepherd in March.

The City of Missoula says the recent sale of the city’s water utility company should mean lower rates, but instead, city residents are being overcharged for water.

A Havre man has been sentenced to two years on probation for backing over his cousin's 1-year-old daughter with his vehicle last summer while under the influence of marijuana.

Montana’s gender pay gap was center stage today in Bozeman. On average, women in Montana earn 67 percent of what men do.

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