Citizen legislators have gathered together at the command of Governor Steve Bullock for a special session in Helena to solve the $227 budget shortfall facing the state.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen is offering the governor and the legislature the option of splitting the $125 million in guaranteed school payments into four parts, to loosen up cash flow for the state.
On Wednesday, top Republican state leaders gathered in a conference call with the media to discuss their views of the current budget crisis in Montana.
A legislative committee meeting in Helena yesterday heard testimony that further cuts in Medicaid reimbursements to healthcare providers could lead to more patient deaths.
The Children, Families, Health and Human Services interim committee spent the day at the Capitol Building in Helena yesterday hearing from nearly a hundred witnesses
Wildfires are emerging all over western Montana, and the concern exists with revenue triggers looming, that the state will not have enough money in the budget to effectively fight all the fires.