HELENA — House Republicans on Tuesday failed to muster the two-thirds majority needed to override Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock’s veto of a major income tax reduction passed by the Legislature.
HELENA— The House has endorsed Senate amendments to one of the major tax reduction bills of the session, but it faces a likely veto from Gov. Steve Bullock.
HELENA — A bill to cut state individual income taxes by about $42 million a year passed the Senate Wednesday over the protests of the Democratic leader who said it was fiscally imprudent.
HELENA — On a party-line vote, a Senate committee on Monday endorsed a proposed constitutional amendment to change the distribution of the coal severance tax and use some of the money as a permanent source of infrastructure.
HELENA — By a slim margin, the House Judiciary Committee has endorsed a bill to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole.
HELENA — Disagreeing with President Barack Obama, U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Montana, said Wednesday it will take ground operations for the U.S. armed forces to defeat ISIS terrorists in the Middle East.
HELENA — A major bill to revise the state’s reappraisal process and reduce the reappraisal cycle to two years from the current six years drew mixed reviews Wednesday, but its sponsor was confident most issues can be worked out.
HELENA — Over the objections of Democrats, the Republican-controlled House Appropriations Committee pushed out on party-line votes two bills to reduce state taxes by $120 million over the next two years.
HELENA — The House on Monday endorsed another tax reduction, with this one cutting state property taxes across the board and reducing state revenues by about $13 million a year.
HELENA — House Republicans said Thursday they are splitting Gov. Steve Bullock’s single infrastructure bill into at least seven separate bills and would eliminate most of the governor’s proposed use of bonding to finance projects.
HELENA — Marijuana once again will be an issue at the Legislature, with a number of bills anticipated, from possibly decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of pot to banning medical marijuana.
HELENA — The Senate on Thursday endorsed a bill changing how the state commissioner of political practices is chosen and adding certain qualifications.
