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Morning Newscast 05-05-16

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham
MTPR Morning Newscast

The issue of infrastructure is becoming a central focus in the Montana governor's race, as both sides blamed the other for the political deadlock that has kept state officials from establishing a funding source for roads, bridges, sewers and other projects.

Supporters of Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders say the race for the Democratic nomination is not over. With one month to go before Montana’s primary election, they’ve scheduled a training session and rally Saturday in Butte.

Visitors will be able to enter Yellowstone National Park through the park's east entrance starting this week.

Wildlife managers from 18 states with wild elk herds just wrapped up a two-day meeting in Missoula at the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.

A man awaiting sentencing for shooting a Great Falls man to death last September is asking District Judge John Kutzman if he can get a new attorney, withdraw his guilty plea and get a second opinion on a psychiatric evaluation.

Conservation groups say the federal government is overlooking the environmental ramifications of trapping furbearing animals for export. They’re suing to implement a review process.

The Montana Supreme Court has ordered a hearing to determine if a judge should have disqualified himself from a case in which he approved a $10 million settlement to be paid by an insurance company without the company's knowledge.

The University of Montana received a one million dollar donation this week  towards an endowed professorship in finance.

A federal judge in Oregon says a massive habitat restoration effort doesn't do enough to improve Northwest salmon runs. The ruling Wednesday was a big victory for conservationists and fishing advocates who hope to someday see four dams on the Snake River breached to open the river for salmon.

 

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