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The Senate Finance and Claims Committee voted Friday to put the $3.9 million annually that would go toward funding 120 beds for Montana prisoners at a CoreCivic private prison in Arizona into a separate bill after nixing the funding several other times this session.
The Senate gave initial approval to the bill on a 44-6 vote.
A bill to fund an early childhood literacy program benefiting as many as 36 local 4-year-olds survived another legislative committee and will go to the Montana Senate floor for action.
“We thought it would be good to take care of our providers,” Esp said on the Senate floor Monday.
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