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Montana Morning State News Headlines for Thursday, July 18
Montana AG Tim Fox petitions to Department of Transportation to nullify a Washington State law that would prohibit the rail shipment of crude oil from the Bakken.
A welfare check call on Tuesday resulted in a man being arrested for probation violations and for tampering with a witness.
Montana farmer and rancher Joe Dooling appeared on Talk Back on Wednesday and said the comments by 'the Squad' in Washington, D.C. stirred up the Merle Haggard song, 'The Fighting Side of Me'.
Mostly sunny with a slight chance of an afternoon shower in western MOntana with highs only in the mid 70's.
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