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Evening Newscast 09-12-19

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham

Montana Attorney General Tim Fox cheered the Trump administration's rollback Thursday of an Obama-era clean water regulation.

An Oregon-based company has received approval to build a 114-turbine wind farm in Montana that would generate enough electricity to power more than 76,000 homes a year.

Montana has the country’s sixth lowest obesity rate.

Montana university leaders have moved forward with creating one application to streamline admissions for all colleges and universities statewide.

After not making the cut for the third Democratic Party debate, Gov. Steve Bullock is campaigning in Iowa.

Republican Congressman Greg Gianforte is urging his peers to grant Little Shell Tribe in Montana federal recognition.

Montana's greater sage grouse population has fallen more than 40% over the past three years, mirroring recent declines across the US West for the wide-ranging bird species that federal officials rejected for protections in 2015.

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