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Summer camps strive to fill childcare gaps in Missoula
Tenants union wants Bozeman to ban short-term rentals
Missoula food group, area ranchers look to alleviate beef-processing bottleneck
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Bipartisan legislation to boost coal trust unanimously passes committee
$1 million wildlife crossings fund passes legislative committee
Constitutional amendment proposals heat up ahead of deadline
Abortion restrictions spark conflict, hours of testimony in committee hearings
FW&P seeks public input on gray wolf conservation and management plan
Montana Associated Students resolved in regents’ favor
The state of election integrity in the Montana Legislature
After returning from this month’s transmittal break, the Joint Select Committee on Election Security had just one lingering item left on its docket: finalizing a proposal addressing enforcement of state election laws.
The Viz: Montana’s $14.3 billion budget, per capita
Just about 1.1 million people live in Montana. Dividing that $14.3 billion evenly among us produces a per capita figure of roughly $13,000 — the amount of spending the current draft of the state budget bill authorizes on behalf of each and every Montana resident for the coming two-year budget cycle.
Lawmakers advance funding for Gallatin College
Funding for a new building for Gallatin College was Montana State University’s top priority heading into the 2023 session. Now, after pressure from campus leaders, the project has been added to House Bill 5, which passed out of committee last week.
State could lose “any, all or none” of $7.5 billion federal special revenue authority if ‘sex’ definition is enacted
Senate Bill 458, sponsored by Sen. Carl Glimm, R-Kila, inserts a definition of sex based on a person’s reproductive characteristics into more than 40 sections of state code. The bill’s fiscal consequences remain unclear.
Senate bill would ‘eliminate’ adult-use marijuana dispensaries in Montana
Sen. Keith Regier, R-Kalispell, has introduced a bill to dismantle the adult-use recreational cannabis industry in Montana. Senate Bill 546 contains several provisions that would drastically alter the state’s marijuana marketplace. Primarily, it focuses on “eliminating adult-use dispensaries.” The bill additionally raises the state tax on medical marijuana from 4% to 20% and puts significant…
The Session: GOP controls the budget and lawmakers collaborate on elk management
A 14 billion dollar budget passed out of the Montana House with support from the Republican supermajority. Democrats don’t have the power to change it, but they still tried. Host Nadya Faulx and reporters Eric Dietrich, Ellis Juhlin, and Arren Kimbel-Sannit discuss the debate over how the state should spend tax dollars. The spending plan…
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