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Offender registry, speed limits among laws taking effect

HELENA (AP) — Higher speed limits and new sex-offender registration requirements are among the 165 new laws that will take effect Thursday in Montana.

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Execution drug trial ends with witness dispute

HELENA — A trial to determine the legality of an execution drug concluded Thursday after attorneys for Montana’s two death-row inmates disputed the credibility of the state’s key medical witness.

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Governor signs Flathead water compact

HELENA — Gov. Steve Bullock on Friday signed a bill containing the last and most contentious of seven tribal water compacts in Montana.

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Former Montana Governor Tim Babcock dies at age 95

HELENA — Former Gov. Tim Babcock, who served seven years as Montana’s chief executive and was a fixture on the Republican political scene for decades, has died at the age of 95.

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Senate panel hears mental health bills

HELENA — State senators heard on Friday a slate of bills to expand Montana’s mental health care system, many of which overlap with the governor’s plan.

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What's alive, what's dead at session's midpoint

HELENA — A bill signed by Gov. Steve Bullock that increases basic entitlement funding for schools by $54 million highlights progress made by the Montana Legislature at the halfway mark of its 90-day session.

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Governor's veto likely for income tax bill

HELENA — Montana’s Democratic governor is likely to veto a Republican plan to cut income taxes that is advancing through the Legislature.

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Bullock, Ankney push bills to disclose campaign money

HELENA — Montana’s Democratic governor and a Republican state senator are pushing for full disclosure of political donations under proposed legislation.

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Lawmakers may delete law banning gay marriage

HELENA — On the heels of a district judge’s ruling against the law, legislators considered on Friday whether to strike a voter-enacted ban on gay marriage from the Montana Constitution.

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Kalispell legislator wants tougher penalty for abuse of pregnant women

HELENA — A Kalispell legislator proposed Friday that domestic abusers receive additional punishment if the victim is pregnant.

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