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At $6.6 billion in agency spending — plus another $439 million in infrastructure proposals — there’s plenty in Bullock’s budget for lawmakers to chew on.
The first week of the 90-day Montana Legislative Session is typically uneventful. That might not be the case when the 2019 Legislature comes to town on Jan. 7.
Despite a new hurdle a federal judge in Texas presented to national health care law, key architects of a forthcoming bill to renew Medicaid expansion in Montana said they plan to forge ahead.