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Evening Newscast 03-25-15

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham

On this edition of the Montana Evening Newscast, State and federal regulators say the response to a 30,000-gallon oil spill into the Yellowstone River near Glendive is shifting from emergency crude recovery to long-term monitoring and remediation.

The Veterans Administration has made a change that should make it easier for Montana vets to get health care.

Critics of a Montana “religious freedom” bill say that the measure would actually promote discrimination, even anarchy, if it’s passed.

Commissioners in Bonner County, Idaho have unanimously adopted a resolution calling on Congress to designate the Scotchman Peaks area a wilderness.

Tomorrow at the state Legislature it’s round two for a bill that would make it a crime for doctors to help someone die, making them face up to 10 years in jail and/or a $50,000 fine.

Senate Democrats have proposed federal legislation to strengthen safety standards for trains that carry volatile shipments of crude oil.

No word yet on how settlement talks today went in the dispute over mining claims initiated by former Governor Brian Schweitzer.

Montana's public school students will start taking a new standardized test this week to gage how well they're meeting the new Common Core educational standards.

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