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Morning Newscast 03-02-16

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham

Governor Steve Bullock raised more money in the latest campaign finance reporting period than his opponent Greg Gianforte.

A Montana man has been charged with kidnapping, attempted murder and aggravated sexual assault in the abduction of a 4-year-old girl who was playing in a park on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.

Authorities say the wife of a southern Montana man who died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound during a law enforcement standoff was also found dead.

A 51-year-old woman who was found guilty for her role in the stabbing death of a Butte man at a vamp ground near Wise River is asking a judge to modify the verdict.

Montana Lawmakers are looking to other states for advice as they address concerns about overpopulated prisons and jails, and an over-burdened justice system.

Authorities say one woman is dead and six other people have been hospitalized after an SUV veered off Highway 59 and plunged into a ravine near Miles City.

A bill seeking to clarify Wyoming penalties for possession of marijuana brownies and other foods and beverages containing the drug failed Monday when House leaders said they wouldn't hear it before a legislative action deadline.

Newly-released enrollment numbers for the University of Montana show there are now about a thousand fewer students on its Missoula campuses compared to spring semester last year.

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