No charges will be filed over election

The Hill County Attorney's Office will not file charges against Havre Mayor Bob Rice and the local Republican Party for violating state campaign finance laws during Rice's mayoral run last year.

"My biggest reason is I just have too much personal involvement in the thing," County Attorney David Rice said today. "Now it goes back to Linda Vaughey. She can do anything that the law calls for."

Three weeks ago, Vaughey, the state political practices commissioner, determined that Rice and the Hill County Republican Central Committee violated limits on contributions from political parties and failed...