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Republicans on Wednesday passed a heavily amended elections bill that now establishes broad conflict-of-interest guidelines for judges in Montana, while prohibiting some political activities in dorms and other areas on public college campuses. The requirement for judicial recusals was added Tuesday as an amendment to a largely unrelated bill, and comes as Republican lawmakers have been escalating a fight with the judicial branch. Under the freshly amended Senate Bill 319, judicial officers would be disallowed from presiding over a case if they received at least half of the maximum individual ...

Listen • 2:16 Republicans in the Montana House of Representatives have advanced a bill to increase the tax credit residents can claim for donations that help pay student tuition at private schools. The proposal follows a U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that Montana can’t exclude religious schools from the tax credit program. House Bill 279 would increase the maximum allowable state income-tax credit for donations to "student scholarship organizations" from $150 per person to $200,000.  Rep. Seth Berglee, a Republcan from Joliet, is sponsoring the bill.  "I think i...

Montana Lawmakers Advance Bill To Raise Private School Tax Credit Republicans in the Montana House of Representatives have advanced a bill to increase the tax credit residents can claim for donations that help pay student tuition at private schools. The proposal follows a U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that Montana can’t exclude religious schools from the tax credit program. House Bill 279 would increase the maximum allowable state income-tax credit for donations to "student scholarship organizations" from $150 per person to $200,000.  Rep. Seth Berglee, a Republcan from Joliet, is spo...

/ Montana Republican Rep. Becky Beard opens debate on Senate Bill 51 on the House floor March 16, 2021. A bill that would provide tax relief to telecommunications companies that install broadband infrastructure in Montana is one step closer to being signed into law. Elliston Republican Rep. Becky Beard said incentivizing companies to lay high-speed internet infrastructure would create jobs and economic activity in a state that currently ranks among the nation’s worst in broadband access. “We have to have high-speed internet to function competitively. Even ask our schools about this neces...