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Evening Newscast 03-19-19

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham

A Montana legislative committee heard testimony today on a bill to legalize betting on college and professional sporting events as long as it's done in bars with full liquor licenses.

A jury has acquitted a Montana man of six animal cruelty charges after prosecutors accused him of being responsible for the deaths of 15 horses found in a pasture.

The engineering college dean at Montana State University says he doesn't see the collapse of two gym roofs on campus as a failure by engineers who designed the buildings.

In 2017, the state Department of Health and Human Services reported that approximately 100 babies every year experience drug withdrawal in Montana.

The city of Billings has agreed to pay $550,000 to the family of a man killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in 2014.

Montana wildlife managers have euthanized a bobcat caught in Butte because it was in such poor physical condition that it could not survive if released into the wild.

Governor Steve Bullock announced today he is forming a Grizzly Bear Advisory Council.

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