Carried by Sen. Mike Lang, R-Malta, HB 442 allocated a majority of Montana’s marijuana tax money to a number of enterprises, including county road maintenance, wildlife habitat preservation, nongame wildlife programs and state parks and trails.
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The news outlets are challenging the decision by GOP members of a legislative committee to trim their numbers below a quorum in order to close a meeting to the public.
TOM LUTEY
A $2.5 million damage claim has been filed against members of the Montana Public Service Commission, and staff members, by exiting Commissioner Roger Koopman, the target of an email spying scheme and phony police investigation.
The Montana Department of Administration confirmed receiving the complaint Tuesday, but declined to release the public document before reviewing it for privacy issues. Included with the 16-page complaint were 125 pages of exhibits.
Much of the complaint stemmed from issues previously disclosed to Lee Montana Newspapers by court order after the PSC sued the newspaper rather than hand over public documents. Koopmanâs attorney Chris Gallus confirmed the main subjects of the damage claim and Lee Montanaâs earlier investigative work are the same.