The Montana Legislature wrapped up its 2021 session Thursday having passed a $12 billion two-year budget, set a framework for spending $2 billion in federal stimulus money over the next four years and implemented policy to enact the state's voter-approved recreational marijuana law.
Governor Greg Gianforte’s Budget Director Kurt Alme spoke with KGVO News late Thursday afternoon to provide an update on the budget numbers for the next biennium.
Montana Morning State News Headlines for Friday, April 30
With the legislature adjourned, state budget director Kurt Alme provides a look at the details of the budget.
Senate President Mark Blasdel appeared on Talk Back on THursday to answer questions about the legislature from KGVO listeners.
University of Montana Police Chief Marty Ludeman will officially retire as of May 1. He spoke to KGVO and shared his views of the department he helped to build.
Partly sunny in western Montana today, with highs in the mid 70 s.
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A new cache of documents, this time from within the state Department of Administration, capture the new agency directorâs role in rapidly responding late last week to a now-quashed legislative subpoena.
The Department of Administration has not clearly said if it will adhere to the court or the GOP lawmaker s demands. But it asked for and been granted an extension to comply with the subpoena.
The subpoena was issued to the Montana Department of Administration Director Misty Ann Giles. The department administers the state email systems, which include McLaughlin s email account.
Normally producing emails can include a time-consuming review process, but by later the same day Giles had turned over 2,500 documents to the GOP lawmakers.