Montana Legislature opens with vows to work together

With a new governor, dozens of freshman lawmakers and a state budget surplus approaching $500 million, Montana’s 63rd Legislature got off to a feel-good start Monday, as legislative leaders said they want to work together to better the state.

But each partisan side also took the opportunity to tout their own stated values, in brief speeches on the respective floors of the House and Senate.

By MIKE DENNISON Missoulian State Bureau

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Guide to the 63rd Session of the Montana Legislature http://www.matr.net/article-53522.html