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The Montana House has endorsed a bill that would require health insurance companies to offer coverage plans that do not include elective abortions.

The Republican-led House passed a $10 billion budget bill just hours after Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock threatened to veto it for failing to fund critical services such as protecting children from abuse.

The GOP-led House Budget Committee has given party-line approval to a sweeping balanced budget plan that adds $36 billion to President Barack Obama's request for overseas war funds but with restrictions on the money that are opposed by a sizable bloc of the party's defense hawks.

President Barack Obama says the House Republican budget will not help boost the middle class and he promises a "robust debate" over its priorities.

Montana Governor Steve Bullock and the republican led legislature are in the midst of a bitter budget battle.

On Friday, The Montana House Health and Human Services Committee voted “Not to Pass” House Bill 249, Governor Steve Bullock’s plan to expand Medicaid.

A bill aiming to lower Montana's suicide rate by requiring training for health care providers has narrowly passed through a House committee.

Montana lawmakers are again considering a bill that would abolish the death penalty and replace it with a sentence of life in prison without parole.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Billings man is charged with breaking into his former employer's house and trying to steal $14,000.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House has passed a bill aimed at expediting approvals of natural gas exports.