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Evening Newscast 03-13-19

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham

Gov. Steve Bullock said today he's backing state legislation that aims to prevent foreign money from influencing state elections by closing a loophole created by the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling.

Three Montana parents are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a state court's decision to end a tax credit program for private school scholarships because it would have benefited religious schools.

Some Verizon Wireless cellphone users in Billings and Bozeman had been having problems making 911 calls. 

A plan to allow the state’s largest electric utility to buy a bigger share of the coal-fired power plant in Colstrip is taking a new form.

A bill that would rename Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples Day in Montana had its first hearing in a Senate committee today after clearing the House last month.

Count Missoula among the cities to be represented in the Youth Climate Strike, which is expected to draw tens of thousands of students outside their classrooms this week in protest of environmental inaction.

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