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A Senate committee hearing on a bill that seeks to overhaul the Montana Water Court as the state tries to finish working through 50 years of water rights adjudication showed just how complicated water law is and how many people it affects.
The GOP-led committee approved the report on party lines after chair Sen. Greg Hertz stripped language accusing the chief justice of the Montana Supreme Court of lying.
On Thursday, Republican state lawmakers finalized a report on the state judiciary, more than a year after the start of an investigation over claims of bias.
This report is just the latest step in a long-running dispute between GOP legislative leaders and state judges.
"That is not the decorum the Legislature uses," Democratic Sen. Diane Sands said.