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Evening Newscast 03-13-15

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham

A pair of bills intended to increase privacy in the digital age are making their way through the state legislature.

Montana State University has set a spring enrollment record for the seventh straight year, while the University of Montana reports an enrollment drop of 4.7 percent.

Butte native Rob O'Neill, a retired Navy Seal who said he fired the shots that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, has joined FOX News as a contributor.

The state House has defeated a bill that would criminalize doctors prescribing life-ending medication to terminally ill patients who ask for it.

About 80 climate change activists rallied in Missoula this morning.

Next week in Helena the Montana House will hear House Bill 2,the state budget bill.

The state of Montana and federal officials have drafted new management options for bison at Yellowstone National Park.

The fate of most of the Montana university system’s long-range building projects remains in limbo at the state legislature.

Montana legislators are considering giving $1 million to the Montana Department of Justice for a potential lawsuit against states hindering Montana’s coal trains from getting to larger markets.

The Republican-controlled legislature is closer to sending another tax cut proposal to Democratic Governor Steve Bullock’s desk.

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