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Billings Gazette Editorial Board Opinion: Keep legislative caucuses open to the press and public

January 26, 2021/

Rep. Barry Usher

Open-meetings laws are a safeguard of democracy. Deliberately subverting them is about as anti-democratic as you can get.  What are Montana House Republicans trying to hide?

And that’s where we seem to be with the Republican caucus of the House Judiciary Committee.

The committee’s chairman, Rep. Barry Usher, (406) 252-2888 [email protected] announced Thursday that his policy would be to avoid having a quorum so caucus meetings would stay private.


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