Tester Sheehy Face Off Over Health Care And Abortion
Montana Senate race centers on abortion rights and health policy with Jon Tester defending reproductive freedom and Tim Sheehy opposing abortion except in rape, danger to the mother, or if life is at risk. Ballot measure Initiative 128 and federal health reforms shape the debate as voters weigh which party controls the Senate.
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GOP lawmakers clash with Montana judges over subpoenas
Legislative Republicans continues to press the judicial branch from a Senate Select Committee on Judicial Oversight. Chief Justice McGrath advised staff to ignore subpoenas, while Ellsworth defended the move and cited 1885 penalties as deterrence. The hearing grilled the Judicial Standards Commission on proposed rule changes amid partisan tensions.
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DOJ funds school opioid reversal kits in Montana
Montana's Department of Justice uses opioid settlement money to place reversal kits in all middle and high schools. Officials warn that tiny fentanyl doses prove fatal and emphasize pills as a rising danger. Overdose deaths rose from 51 in 2012 to 130 in 2022 locally, with national deaths increasing from 23,157 to 81,806. Fentanyl seizures have surged from 60,557 units in 2021 to 398,000 in 2023, and 163,184 in early 2024 Q1.
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