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How to spend $3 billion? MT lawmakers get to work
With no time to waste, state lawmakers Monday began work to authorize spending upwards of $3 billion in federal Covid-19 relief funds for Montana – a task they said would consume the final weeks of the 2021 Legislature.MT Legislature preps to divvy up flood of federal money
The small group of legislators who craft Montana’s state budget thought their hardest work was behind them – but, next week, they’re going back to the grind, to determine how to spend a $1 billion-plus windfall of federal Covid-19 money.K-12 schools in Montana getting $400M from Covid-19 relief bill
Montana’s K-12 public schools will get a whopping $382 million from the federal Covid-19 relief bill signed into law Thursday – and private and home schools will get nearly $13 million as well.Republicans on House panel increase cut in income-tax bill
Republicans on a House committee Friday voted to increase the state income-tax cut in Gov. Greg Gianforte’s signature tax-cut bill, making it a cut in the state’s top marginal rate from 6.9 percent to 6.5 percent.All charges dropped against former Broadwater County Commissioner
All charges have been dropped against former Broadwater County Commissioner Laura Obert regarding allegations of theft and official misconduct.Group backing marijuana measures won't have to reveal donors
Montana’s top political cop now says a national group that spent millions supporting the successful voter initiative campaigns to legalize recreational marijuana will not have to reveal its donors.MT House Republicans advance first "school choice’ bill
On a nearly party-line vote, Republicans in the Montana House Thursday endorsed the first “school choice” bill of the 2021 session, to use public-education funds to help pay some expenses of disabled children who attend private school in Montana.Rosendale and Daines voted “no” on Covid relief bill
As the U.S. House Wednesday passed a new, $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill, Montana’s only congressman voted no, saying the measure is packed with wasteful spending.Montana may get as much as $2.7B from Covid relief bill
Montana could get as much as $2.7 billion in the new federal Covid-19 relief bill Congress is poised to approve this week – for everything from aid to cities, schools and the hospitality industry to direct checks and unemployment benefits for citizens.Sen. Daines forces debate on Haaland nomination at Interior
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines and one of his Republican colleagues, Wyoming Sen. Cynthia Lummis, said Tuesday they're placing a "hold" on the nomination of Deb Haaland as U.S. Interior secretary, forcing a floor debate on her record.Investor says Gianforte’s business-startup tax incentive needs more
A Gianforte administration proposal to attract startup companies to Montana through an income-tax holiday for its founders should be expanded to include outside investors, the leader of a Montana investment group says.Great Falls YWCA director concerned about bill that would punish people who falsely report a crime
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Governor signs TEACH Act to increase pay for new teachers in Montana
"Lane filtering" by motorcyclists in Montana signed into law
2021 MT Legislature midpoint: GOP advancing economic, social agenda
ax cuts, a Covid-19 liability shield for businesses, an assault on red tape and more places where you can carry firearms – these are the accomplishments and goals that Republicans tout, after the first 45 days of Montana’s 2021 Legislature, with total GOP control.House Democrats unhappy over alleged mistreatment by some GOP members
As lawmakers prepared to leave Helena this week for the 2021 Legislature’s mid-session break, it’s not without some lingering partisan rancor in the Montana House.Legislature rejects "right-to-work," other bills on unions
By a wide margin, the Montana House has rejected a bill to implement “right-to-work” in the state. It was the latest in a series of bills restricting unions that have fallen short at the Legislature this week.Internet porn bill killed; panel chair apologizes
Two days after a House committee approved a bill to regulate Internet pornography, without Democrats on the panel allowed to vote, it reconvened Monday and killed the measure – and the GOP chairman apologized for his actions that excluded Democrats on Saturday.MT House committee tables bill to delay legal marijuana
A Montana legislative committee has voted down a bill that would have delayed the implementation of the state’s recreational marijuana system.House rejects motion to revive vaccine discrimination bill
An attempt to revive a bill that would have banned discrimination based on vaccination status fell short on the Montana House floor Friday.