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Morning Newscast 10-20-15

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham

The U.S. Supreme Court is refusing to take up the case of a Montana group that doesn't want to disclose its donors and spending as it seeks to overturn the state's campaign finance laws.

Missoula's Neptune Aviation has won a federal contract to modify military airplanes for use for the U.S. Forest Service.

Montana's secretary of state is directing all counties with American Indian reservations to work with tribal governments to establish satellite election offices if they are required under the Federal Voting Rights Act, and if the tribal governments request them.

A couple accused of attacking a Montana daycare owner who refused to hand over the man's three children is facing felony charges.

A one-­time billionaire will have to spend at least another month in jail while a judge decides whether he's explained enough about what happened to the money from the sale of a Mexican resort.

A 50­-year­-old Great Falls woman is charged with shooting her boyfriend in the arm and chest, reportedly after she saw him flirting with another woman.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will help farmers in six states improve food sources for honeybees on private lands as populations continue to fall.

About 13­,000 people on the Flathead Reservation were without electricity for several hours longer than expected during a planned power outage this weekend.

A male grizzly bear cub was struck and killed on U.S. Highway 93 south of Ronan.

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