On this edition of Montana Morning Newscast, both of Montana’s Senators voted yesterday for the bill to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline and it's been eight months since VA Montana's had a permanent director and Senator Jon Tester says he's fed up with the delay.
A Colstrip lawmaker proposes taking $350 million from the state's rainy day find to reduce income taxes and federal prosecutors have responded to a Montana woman's motion to appeal her conviction for pushing her newlywed husband to his death from a cliff in Glacier National Park in July 2013.
The former finance manager of the Rocky Boy Health Board Clinic in Box Elder has been convicted of embezzling more than $156,000 in federal money provided to the tribe to operate the clinic.
Montana House Republicans are rejecting most of the bonding proposed in Gov. Steve Bullock's nearly $400 million infrastructure bill while human safety is the top priority as the oil spill recovery effort continues on the Yellowstone River.
Montana legislators are considering banning judges from presiding over cases that include people who donated to the judge's election campaign. Under a new bill Montana legislators are considering, some sex offenders could not live 300 feet near facilities frequented by children.