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Evening Newscast 09-27-18

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast

University of Montana leaders announced budget cuts and reallocations Thursday as they work to match spending on instructors to total enrollment and interest in each area of study.

A Montana jury has ruled that the Jehovah's Witnesses organization must pay $35 million to a woman who says the church covered up her sexual abuse as a child at the hands of a congregation member.

Wildlife officials say a hunter northwest of Choteau shot and killed a female grizzly bear and wounded a cub that was later euthanized.

Montana Senator Jon Tester is blaming Republican leaders in Congress for failing to schedule a vote on the permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, or LWCF, before it expires on Sunday.

Montana’s Republican Senator Steve Daines has issued a statement following today’s hearing on Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

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