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Evening Newscast 04-05-17

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
Evening Newscast 04-05-17

An anti-abortion bill that would force doctors to save a potentially viable fetus is a step closer to the governor's desk.

Government inspectors found almost 24,000 safety defects over a two-year period along United States railroad routes used to ship volatile crude oil.

The ACLU of Montana says its membership has tripled and an interest from donors and supporters of civil liberties has been heightened.

Montana lawmakers are taking action on multiple measures meant to keep patients from receiving large air ambulance bills.

A significant tax increase to cigarettes, chew and other tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, got its first hearing in the House today, having already passed out of the Senate. As the tax proposal moves forward, it faces rising pressure from Senate Republican leadership to kill the bill.

Last fall, the Blackfeet Tribe announced plans to reintroduce free-roaming bison to federal land outside its reservation.

It’s the Senate’s turn to hear testimony on a bill to increase the gas tax in the state to generate a revenue stream for infrastructure projects.

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