Committee: Revenue and Transportation Interim Committee
Author: Megan Moore
Posted on September 22, 2017
The September meeting of the Revenue and Transportation Interim Committee included discussion of a projected general budget fund deficit in addition to the usual agency monitoring and interim study agenda items.
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Committee: State Administration and Veterans' Affairs Interim Committee
Author: Sheri Scurr
Posted on September 20, 2017
At its September 14 meeting, the State Administration and Veterans’ Affairs Interim Committee viewed a powerful Montana National Guard video featuring the family members of two National Guard soldiers who committed suicide. In the video, the family members talk about how the suicide of their loved one affected them and they make an impassioned plea for any soldier who may be feeling suicidal to ask for help.
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Committee: Economic Affairs Interim Committee
Author: Pat Murdo
Posted on September 20, 2017
The Economic Affairs Interim Committee of the Legislature voted at its Sept. 14 meeting to devote a major portion of the next 12 months to studying the future of Montana State Fund, Montana’s guaranteed provider of workers’ compensation insurance and one of three ways to obtain workers’ compensation insurance in Montana.
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Committee: Energy and Telecommunications Interim Committee
Author: Trevor Graff
Posted on September 15, 2017
The second meeting of the 2017-2018 Energy and Telecommunications Interim Committee (ETIC) is September 29.
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Committee: Environmental Quality Council
Author: Joe Kolman
Posted on September 15, 2017
A legislative committee will begin its evaluation of the state parks program at a September meeting in Helena.
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Committee: Law and Justice Interim Committee
Author: Rachel Weiss
Posted on September 12, 2017
The Law and Justice Interim Committee meets again on September 21 in Helena. The meeting starts at 8:30 a.m. in room 102 of the State Capitol.
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Committee: Education Interim Committee
Author: Pad McCracken
Posted on September 7, 2017
From the State Library and Montana Historical Society to K-12 schools all over the state, from special education to higher education, the Education Interim Committee covered a lot of ground at its second meeting, held on August 22, 2017, in Helena.
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Committee: Revenue and Transportation Interim Committee
Author: Megan Moore
Posted on September 7, 2017
The Revenue and Transportation Interim Committee meets next on September 13 and 14 in Room 172 of the Capitol building beginning at 2 pm on September 13 and at 8 am on September 14.
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Committee: State Administration and Veterans' Affairs Interim Committee
Author: Sheri Scurr
Posted on September 5, 2017
The voting machines that help disabled electors mark their ballots and the optical scan systems that tabulate election results are aging. What systems should be purchased to replace these aging machines and how to pay for them is a priority concern of county election administrators.
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Committee: Children, Families, Health, and Human Services Interim Committee
Author: Sue O'Connell
Posted on September 1, 2017
The Children, Families, Health, and Human Services Interim Committee will cover topics ranging from prescription drug costs to services for developmentally disabled adults to Medicaid funding and Medicaid provider rate cuts when it meets on Sept. 11.
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Committee: Economic Affairs Interim Committee
Author: Pat Murdo
Posted on September 1, 2017
The Economic Affairs Interim Committee (EAIC) will hear updates from three state agencies at its Sept. 14, 2017, meeting. Budget concerns and agency prospects will be the main themes as the eight-member EAIC hears from the Department of Livestock, the Department of Labor and Industry, and the State Auditor’s Office. The meeting starts at 9 a.m. in Room 152 of the State Capitol in Helena.
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