The Session Week 16: Tensions are running high
As the 2023 legislative session sprints to the finish line, tensions are running high over bills targeting transgender Montanans and environmental regulation.
Source: montanafreepress.org
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Funding to send Montana prisoners to Arizona private prison reinstated by Senate committee
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.
Source: dailyinterlake.com
Attempt to revive controversial top-two primary proposal stalls in Montana Senate committee
A similar proposal concerning ballot qualifications for third parties fared the same.
Source: montanafreepress.org
$8 million contract to send 120 Montana state prisoners to Arizona revived
Legislators added the proposal late Friday night after earlier in the day rejecting the idea and previously striping the contract from the state budget.
Source: helenair.com
Montana Lawmaker Clashes With Celebrity Paris Hilton Over HB 218
KGVO encourages anyone interested in hearing and seeing further testimony on HB 218 to visit the Montana Legislature’s website.
Source: kyssfm.com