Associated Press: Washington lawmakers say they want to study the effects of closing a massive coal-fired power plant in southeastern Montana that provides power to the Northwest.
Senate Bill 5874 was initially written to make it easier for owners of the four-unit plant in Colstrip, Montana, to shut that plant down, prompting letters of concern from Montana's governor and Montana's utility commission.
But the Senate amended and passed the bill Wednesday night to call for a study on the costs and benefits of...