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Justin Kraske's termination in December 2020 followed three years in which legislative auditors twice concluded that accounting errors in the commission’s finances were so pervasive that auditors couldn’t rely on
TOM LUTEY A $2.5 million damage claim has been filed against members of the Montana Public Service Commission, and staff members, by exiting Commissioner Roger Koopman, the target of an email spying scheme and phony police investigation. The Montana Department of Administration confirmed receiving the complaint Tuesday, but declined to release the public document before reviewing it for privacy issues. Included with the 16-page complaint were 125 pages of exhibits. Much of the complaint stemmed from issues previously disclosed to Lee Montana Newspapers by court order after the PSC...