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Morning Newscast 05-07-15

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham

On this edition of Montana Morning Newscast, two people are dead and a third is injured after a shooting in a house at Missoula house yesterday evening.

Author Jon Krakauer was in Missoula last night, at a packed house forum to talk about his new book: Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town.

The governor has signed a bill to close the Montana Developmental Center and move most of the 53 people with severe intellectual disabilities, mental health issues, and personality disorders to community-based settings.

Montanans' property can still be seized if police suspect it's connected to criminal activity, but now it has to be returned if they can't get a conviction.

Tribal leaders from across Montana gathered at the state capitol yesterday as Governor Steve Bullock signed two bills designed to preserve native languages.

Libby mayor Doug Roll says there are no big surprises in the Environmental Protection Agency's preferred asbestos cleanup proposal.

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