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Superintendent Elsie Arntzen declined to attend committee meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday despite personal invitations.

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The Montana DOC and university system said the bill to define sex as a man and a woman could be expensive. In an email Monday, Sen. Ellie Boldman, D-Missoula, said she has talked to groups since Friday, like the Montana Association of Counties, who have expressed concern.

A technical note prepared by the Office of Commissioner of Higher Education and the Montana University System said that because this bill creates conflict with federal law, it may jeopardize federal funding the school system receives.

The Senate heard another 70 bills on second reading after hearing more than 60 on Wednesday, then took executive action on all the bills that passed their second readings both Wednesday and Thursday – passing the bulk of them, but killing off a few – including a few surprises, according to lawmakers.

The Montana House and Senate worked for hours Wednesday, debating dozens of bills ahead of a key deadline at the end of the week.

On nearly straight party-line votes, House and Senate committees in the Legislature — three days before transmittal from one house to the other,

The Montana House and Senate worked for hours Wednesday, debating dozens of bills ahead of a key deadline at the end of the week.

The GOP bill said that credit services, investors, larger contractors and insurers that want to operate in Montana cannot “discriminate” against any people in any matter concerning the right to bear firearms.