ARTICLES BY MICHAEL WRIGHT COMMUNITY NEWS SERVICE
Water issues rise to the surface in Legislature
When it comes to water at the 64th Montana Legislature, there tends to be one bill on everybody’s mind – the Consolidated Salish Kootenai Tribes Water Compact – but that’s not the only water issue that people are fighting over at the capitol.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO
Montana Senate passes Medicaid expansion
With the transmittal deadline for bills with money attached to them approaching, the Montana Senate passed the last remaining Medicaid expansion bill of the session on a preliminary vote.
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Legislature reconvenes after transmittal break
Back from their midsession break, members of the 64th Montana Legislature had a two-day work week, but it was by no means light.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO
Lawmakers debate state's mental health crisis
Nobody argues that investment in Montana’s mental health care system is needed, but exactly how and where is turning into one of the longest and most complicated debates of the Legislative session.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Montana legislature debates school choice and Common Core
Sen. Scott Sales, R-Bozeman, sat in his office recently and talked about why he supports school choice, a nationwide movement to increase access to charter and private schools.
THE WESTERN NEWS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
