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Morning Newscast 03-13-15

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham

On this edition of Montana Morning Newscast, Another bill that would make it illegal for doctors to prescribe life-ending medication to terminally ill patients who ask for it has been endorsed by the House.

Lawmakers have narrowly endorsed a bill to add the chickenpox vaccine to those required for public school students.

Members of Montana's congressional delegation are proposing to make permanent a tax break for coal mined from American Indian Reservations.

Washington lawmakers say they want to study the impacts of closing a huge coal-fired power plant in southeastern Montana that provide powers to the Northwest.

A proposal to make it illegal for employers to request workers' passwords for personal online or social media accounts is advancing in the Montana Legislature.

Yesterday at the state Legislature, the House passed a bill that would criminalize physician-assisted suicide. UM Legislative News Service’s Madelyn Beck reports.

Montana State University has set a spring enrollment record for the seventh straight year, while the University of Montana reports an enrollment drop of 4.7 percent.

A former Miss Montana USA who was convicted of defrauding her insurance company while her historic mansion was undergoing repairs was sentenced Thursday to five years on federal probation.

Eleven biologists who study the greater sage grouse tell top federal officials the government isn't preparing to do enough to protect the ground-dwelling birds.

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