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HELENA (AP) — Lawmakers in the House are wrestling with a $150 million state infrastructure bill that's keeping them from ending the legislative session. Representatives defeated Senate Bill 416 twice Saturday morning with a final vote of 60-34 before they agreed to reconsider it again Monday. The bill requires 67 votes to pass because it involves bonding. Lawmakers have been debating the measure since Thursday when they initially endorsed it on a 70-30 vote. On Friday, several Republicans unsuccessfully tried to alter it t...
HELENA (AP) — Montana senators confirmed Jonathan Motl as the state's commissioner of political practices on Friday. Eight Republicans joined all 21 Senate Democrats in a 29-21 vote to confirm Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock's appointment. Motl's term will end Dec. 31, 2016. Motl has decided 120 campaign practice cases since he was appointed by Bullock in 2013. The Helena attorney has come under fire during those two years for what opponents call a bias against Republican candidates. "It's our duty to cast a vote that is not i...
Expanding hours at Wild Horse Port of Entry is less likely than it has been in the past, Sen. Jon Tester said. “The bottom line is that budget cuts have taken their toll,” he said, adding that federal officials insist they don’t have the money they need to keep the port open longer. Nonetheless, Tester said, he will keep fighting for longer hours. “The people of north-central Montana are aware of the economic benefits of longer hours,” he said Thursday during a telephone press conference with Montana reporters. “We have...
A woman who pleaded guilty to working with two others to rob a Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation casino was sentenced to time served and $8,250 in restitution in federal court Thursday. Amber Nicole Wells, 30, of La Junta, Colorado, will be placed on supervised release for two years and must pay the amount jointly with the other two women who pleaded guilty in the case, Melinda Marie Descharm, 25, of Box Elder and Maria Rose Newton, 34, of La Junta, Colorado. The indictment reads they went into the casino on or around Jan. 3...