Headlines: Montana voting rights debate, Kalispell's sewage plant upgrades, summer lunch funding cut
House GOP passes bill restricting Montana voters of “unsound mind,” Kalispell City Council poised to fast-track sewage plant upgrades, and a summer program to help food insecure Montana children has been cut.
"I think it is the wake-up call to many ... Dems that our position in Montana has changed and we need to pay attention," said House Minority Leader Katie Sullivan.
A Republican proposal to continue Medicaid expansion in Montana is headed to the governor’s desk as Republicans in Congress consider billions of dollars in cuts to the low-income health program
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MeidasTouch News on MSNMontana GOP Introduces Bill to Arrest Women for Legal Abortions in Other StatesRepublicans in Montana have introduced a bill that would charge women in Montana with "trafficking" their own fetuses if they travel to receive an abortion out of state, even if abortion is legal in the state where they received the procedure.
A Republican lawmaker has introduced a bill that would strip away the power of Montana voters to elect all five Montana Public Service Commission members and instead give the governor the power to appoint three. House Bill 363 would remake the PSC ...
Whereas the 2023 bill sparked a packed two-hour long committee hearing and a protest drag show on the Capitol steps, HB 675 was received with little fanfare by comparison.
The Montana Republican Party issued a statement on Monday “strongly rebuking” nine state senators who have formed a working majority coalition with 18 Democrats to effectively run the upper chamber
What was billed as one of the most contentious legislative fights this session had a relatively easy path through the legislature. Medicaid expansion now goes to the governor's desk.
A House bill to impose new restrictions on voters of “unsound mind" could affect hundreds of patients in the Montana State Hospital and other state-run facilities.
House Bill 245, sponsored by Rep. Ed Buttrey, R-Great Falls, passed an initial vote by a 29-21 margin. The bipartisan coalition supporting the bill was nearly identical to the group of 18 Democrats and nine Republicans who have recently succeeded in undermining Senate GOP leadership.
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Montana’s Medicaid expansion conundrumMontana’s Republican-led legislature and GOP governor appear ready to keep the state’s Medicaid expansion program in place beyond its scheduled end date this summer.
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