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A House committee passed Tuesday a bill to fully fund Medicaid reimbursement rates recommended in Guidehouse — plus the cost of inflation.

The latest effort to make Montana a “right-to-work” state was tabled in a House committee Wednesday less than a week after hundreds of union members packed the Capitol in opposition to House Bill 448.

The latest effort to make Montana a "right-to-work" state was tabled in a House committee Wednesday less than a week after hundreds of union members packed the Capitol in opposition to House Bill 448.

A budget subcommittee shaping the state health departments budget took several key votes that could dictate possible future spending.

Nonprofit hospitals are fighting Montana's attempt to boost oversight of the ways they claim they provide benefits to their communities in exchange for millions of dollars in tax breaks.

As Montana officials seek to make nonprofit hospitals prove the benefits they provide the community justify their tax exemptions, industry leaders propose their own changes — which state officials say would further limit the state’s authority.

Nonprofit hospitals are fighting Montana’s attempt to boost oversight of the ways they claim they provide benefits to their communities in exchange for millions of dollars in tax breaks.

GREAT FALLS, Mont. – At Calumet Specialty Products Partners in Great Falls today, Governor Greg Gianforte highlighted the work of his Red Tape Relief Task Force and pointed to its meaningful results to eliminate burdensome, outdated, and unnecessary regulations tying up Montanans.

Rep. Nelly Nicol, R-Billings, has disputed that her bill was retaliatory against the state auditor’s office or that it created such an appearance.

"Kids have a right to heal, get treatment and not be harmed by treatment," bill sponsor Laura Smith, a Democratic representative from Helena, said Wednesday.