The bill would bestow the constitutional rights of life, liberty, property and due process to a person at any stage of development, including the point of conception.
Montana’s 1997 experiment with electric utility deregulation left a trail of economic wreckage in its wake – but that isn’t stopping one lawmaker from proposing the state try it again.
The subcommittee approved Bullock’s requested $24 million increase in state funding for the university system, in order for the system to freeze student tuition through the 2020-21 school year.
Rep. Moffie Funk, D-Helena, said the plan will make Montana one of the leaders nationwide on the issue of paid leave, which is widely offered in most other industrialized countries, but not here.
On a mostly party-line vote with Republicans in favor, the Montana Senate Monday endorsed a bill requiring abortion providers to give women patients the chance to see an ultrasound of their fetus.
A Missoula lawmaker says it’s time for the state to eliminate the requirement for women to get a premarital blood test for a disease that hasn’t been seen in Montana for almost 30 years.
Leaders with Montana’s Office of the State Public Defender say they’re expecting higher caseloads in the coming years – and that could lead to higher costs.