On this edition of Montana Morning Newscast, over 100 veterans met with Montana Veteran Affairs Health Care leaders in Missoula Wednesday night while Sen. John Tester introduced four bills aimed at improving access to health care for veterans and their families.
In Helena, a bill to increase penalties for those who take video or pictures of people's "intimate parts" without their knowledge got its first hearing today. Yesterday, movie and TV producers appealed to state lawmakers to restore the state’s tax incentives for film productions, which expired at the end of 2014.
Lawmakers are considering a bill that would have an interim legislative committee review 25 individual income tax breaks and the Gallatin Valley has won $3.7 million in federal funding for conservation projects.
A federal bankruptcy judge has approved a reorganization plan for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena that includes a $16.4 million settlement for hundreds of people who sued over clergy sex abuse.