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Are hospitals working behind the scenes to influence health care legislation in a way that shorts taxpayers and benefits themselves? Is NorthWestern Energy putting its fingerprints on bills about power regulation? These are a couple of questions longtime Montana political reporter Mike Dennison said he might find answers to in “junque files,” a compilation of […]
File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today) By James Peters Provincial Politics Jan 3, 2025 | 3:12 PM KAMLOOPS — The newly minted MLA for Kamloops-North Thompson says he wants to put his nose to the grindstone in Victoria, but the legislative calendar won’t let him. Ward Stamer issued a statement Friday (Jan. 3) bemoaning the […]
Treasury officials warn of dire consequences if the funding is effectively rescinded through inaction. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Already bracing for funding cuts under a new Trump administration, U.S. Treasury officials are calling on Congress to unlock $20 billion in IRS enforcement money that is tied up in legislative language that has effectively […]
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye’ party has claimed victory in the legislative assembly and key opposition parties have conceded, even as votes are still being counted. Source link
Documents related to drafting bills can’t be kept secret from the public, and a new policy that creates a barrier to the information interferes with the “right to know” protected in the Montana Constitution, a new lawsuit alleges. For decades, members of the public — including journalists and lobbyists — had access to documents related […]