GOVERNMENT

Last week, the House approved a sweeping financial industry deregulation bill that guts the flawed, but necessary, 2010 Dodd-Frank law — a measure designed to crack down on the big banks and Wall Street’s bad behavior.

"I grabbed his wrist. A scuffle ensued and he was injured, as I understand it," Gianforte told Judge Rick West on Monday during a hearing packed with more than a dozen of reporters and photographers. "It was not my intention to hurt him."

Only 62 percent of rural Americans have access to high-speed internet. Imagine what that means to a high school student applying to college or a small-business owner trying to connect with customers.

The Montana Legislature approved a new program that will limit the size of their tax bills, potentially reducing them by 70 percent.

"AmeriCorps and the Montana projects they support are critically important to our state’s economy," said Tester, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

"There’s no easy way to say it – this is a significant hit not just to the State Library, but also to libraries throughout Montana," Stapp said.

As a result of House Bill 2 and Senate Bill 261, the Montana State Library (MSL) faces approximately $1 million in budget cuts.

Is there nothing we can do about the deliberate untruth his campaign released in the immediate aftermath of Gianforte’s attack on a newspaper reporter?