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Morning Newscast 05-18-16

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham

  A federal court has ruled that Montana's campaign contribution limits are unconstitutional.

Montana's secretary of state has announced that more than a dozen satellite voting offices have been established on the state's American Indian reservations ahead of the June 7 primary election.

A Canadian-based group of men who post pictures and videos of their travels on social media are in hot water with Yellowstone National Park officials after walking out to a hot spring where people are prohibited.

An attorney for an American Indian group says U.S. officials will likely need more money from Congress to cover the costs of an initiative to return land on reservations to tribal ownership.

A man has pleaded guilty to fatally striking a woman in a Southwestern Montana hit and run crash while under the influence of drugs.

A federal court has ruled that Montana's campaign contribution limits are unconstitutional.

A commission appointed to assess the Division of Child and Family Services says the agency is facing an alarming caseload increase with inadequate resources and training, causing staff to burn out and quit.

Yesterday Montana's Republican candidates for governor and superintendent of public schools called for policy changes to grow computer science education in the state.

A woman charged in two knife attacks that left one person dead and another injured in Missoula has pleaded guilty.

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