Morning Newscast 03-06-15

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Josh Burnham

On this edition of Montana Morning Newscast, the chairman of the Senate Taxation Committee again is trying to simplify Montana’s income tax system.

A Republican senator from Bozeman has proposed higher speed limits and higher fines for speeding on Montana's highways.

A Senate finance committee today will hear four GOP-sponsored mental health care bills and one Democrat-sponsored one.

After six weeks in limbo, the governor's plan to expand Medicaid to 70,000 low-income Montanans gets its first legislative hearing today.

A freight train loaded with crude oil derailed in northern Illinois, bursting into flames and prompting officials to suggest that everyone with 1 mile evacuate, authorities said.

Montana lawmakers continue to look for ways to curb what they see as overreach by the federal government.

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