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Lawmakers on the Senate Finance and Claims Committee killed a proposal to spend $8 million to transfer 120 prisoners from Montana to a privately run CoreCivic operation in Arizona.
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“It’s about Capitol space, who owns committee rooms, who is in charge,” said Speaker of the House Matt Regier.
The Montana Legislature is working at a pace not seen in at least half a century.
A bill that would legally define “sex” as a binary based on egg and sperm production passed the Montana Senate and is now in committee in the House. Opponents of