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Evening Newscast 01-18-18

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
Evening Newscast 01-18-18

A new analysis of the federal tax bill by Governor Steve Bullock’s office today estimates Montana will see a 20 million dollar decline in revenue over the next two years.

A former Montana House majority leader has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for his central role in a methamphetamine trafficking ring.

The National Park Service says it found some of the 52 bison that escaped from holding pens in Yellowstone National Park.

Senator Jon Tester blasted his colleagues in Congress today for continued failure to pass a long-term federal spending bill.

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a brief with the Montana Supreme Court in support of three families that sued when the state excluded students at faith-based schools from a scholarship program funded by donations that can be offset by state tax credits.

Former Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to deliver the keynote speech at the Montana Democratic Party's annual Mansfield-Metcalf Dinner in Helena on March 10.

A 61-year-old north-central Montana man was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in federal prison for running over his wife with a pickup truck on New Year's Day 2017, killing her.

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