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The great groundwater debate reemerges at Montana Legislature
On a bitterly cold night in February of 2023, a heated legislative hearing on a water policy proposal ran so late into the evening that dinner appeared before the dozen lawmakers deciding the bill’s ...
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Montana bill would limit clergy's exemptions from mandatory child abuse reporting
A legislative committee heard testimony Tuesday on a bill that would change the requirements for when clergy must report ...
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Montana lawmakers hear testimony on Medicaid expansion bills
HELENA — One of the biggest debates of the Montana Legislature’s 69 th session took center stage Wednesday afternoon, as ...
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Two Republican Medicaid expansion bills advance in the Montana Legislature
Medicaid expansion saves lives and saves money, proponents said — an estimated $27 million the last biennium, according to ...
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Medicaid expansion bills spur hours of testimony in first hearings
Lawmakers in both chambers Wednesday considered the future of the low-income health care program, set to expire if they don’t ...
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Dozens testify to support Medicaid expansion in Montana as major bills get first hearings
"If, as legislators, we choose to bury our heads in the sand … we will pay a heck of a lot more than we’re paying now with ...
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How a Bill Becomes Law in the Montana Legislature
The chief responsibility of the Montana Legislature is to pass laws. Laws govern our daily lives in a million waysó-from who has a license to cut our hair or how fast we can drive, to where our ...
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69th Montana Legislature kicks off considering a Montana Cattle Committee, Water, Ag Land Leases and Wildland Fire Funding
On January 6, 2025, legislators, lobbyists, and members of the public converged in Helena to start the work of the people. The first week of Montana’s 69th Legislative Session was off to a rocky start ...