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Morning Newscast 02-26-15

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham

On this edition of Montana Public Radio, Montana senators have given initial approval to a proposed water-use agreement on the Flathead Reservation.

The Montana Senate gave preliminary approval to a bill to provide state funding for a limited number of students who turn 19 years old while in high school.

The multi-national company that owns the shuttered Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. plant opposes the plant's listing on the Superfund program's National Priorities List.

Madelyn Beck discusses the latest on a proposal to tackle concerns about controversial political funding.

Montana is doing a better job than most states at getting people signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.

Senate Majority Leader Matt Rosendale of Glendive says the public should have more information about the pipelines that cross Montana’s navigable rivers.

The wife of a Hamilton man charged with stomping another man to death a year ago has pleaded guilty to obstructing justice and possessing methamphetamine.

Yesterday the Montana House of Representatives passed a bill that could place Montana alongside every other state in the union with an anti-bullying law.

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