Montana lawmaker tests positive for COVID-19
A Montana state lawmaker who has been in the Capitol during the first four days of the Legislative session has tested positive for COVID-19. State Rep. David Bedey, a Republican from Hamilton, tested positive and is quarantining away from the Capitol, according to a statement late Thursday from Sen. Jason Ellsworth, the presumptive chair of the COVID-19 response panel that is set to hold its first meeting Friday. The Legislature convened Monday. The session is being held under a hybrid model with remote participation because of the pandemic, though nearly all of the 98 Republicans out of the ...