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Evening Newscast 10-16-18

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham

Campaign finance reports released Monday show that combined spending by candidates in the U.S. Senate race in Montana has topped $20 million.

An event to counter President Donald Trump’s planned rally at Missoula’s airport Thursday focuses on getting out the vote.

Philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates have together donated $1 million to a November ballot measure in Washington state that would charge a fee on carbon emissions from fossil fuels.

Backers of a Montana citizen's initiative that would add new mining regulations say a foreign-owned company is illegally bankrolling an industry campaign against the proposal.

The Missoula City Council passed two ordinances banning firearms in public places Monday.

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