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Evening Newscast: Friday, Apr 7

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  • Immigration officials say over two dozen people suspected of being in the country illegally have been arrested in Colorado and Wyoming during an operation targeting immigrants accused of crimes
     
  • A mail-only ballot for the May 25 congressional elections remains a possibility 
     
  • A Plains farm aid nonprofit that has steadily grown since being launched in North Dakota a dozen years ago is expanding into its sixth state
     
  • Gov. Steve Bullock has vetoed a bill that would have banned Sharia and other foreign laws from being used in Montana courtrooms 
     
  • More than half of the nurses at a Montana hospital have voted against forming a local union chapter
     
  • Magpul Industries has laid of 85 workers who had been hire to help the firearms accessories manufacturer in Wyoming handle exceptional demand for its products last year
     
  • Casper's city manager has announced his retirement, just days after the City Council called for an investigation into the police department and handling of officer complaints by city management
     
  • Three Colorado proposals are among 11 finalists in the United States competing in a private company's challenge to move passengers at speeds of 700 mph using a pod and tube system
     
  • A federal report has determined that Wyoming is diverting too much of the money it receives for old coal mine sites to other uses not associated with reclamation 
     
  • The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is back to picturing the great outdoors on its internet home page after raising eyebrows with a prominent photo of a huge coal deposit in Wyoming