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Evening Newscast 10-13-17

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
Montana Evening Newscast

Montana's insurance commissioner says two of the three companies offering health insurance through the individual market in the state cannot adjust their rates following President Donald Trump's decision to end federal subsidies for low- to middle-income people.

The University of Providence in Great Falls plans to add men's and women's hockey, beginning in the fall of 2018.

Homeowners in Seeley Lake are offering their summer residences to displaced victims of California wildfires.

The state health department is proposing changing its rules so Montanans who are intersex or transgender will be able to more easily change the gender status on their birth certificates.

The Columbia Falls company SmartLam Technologies is expanding. The timber products company plans to increase production and more than double its workforce to 75 employees.

The University of Montana announced it has received a major gift from the Dennis and Phyllis
Washington Foundation to expand the college of education and human sciences.

Montana regulators fear seaplanes could be the cause of invasive mussels showing up in two Montana reservoirs.

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