House passing budget top issue at video conference

The main topic at Tuesday's legislative video conference in Havre was breaking news from the Montana House of Representatives: its passing the main budget bill on a 100-0 vote with no amendments.

"We passed the budget this morning in an hour and fifteen minutes, which by all accounts is a record … ," Rep. Kris Hansen, R-Havre, said during the video conference in Robins School Administration Building, sponsored each week by Havre Public Schools and the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce. "We voted House Bill 2 out of the House in an hour and 15 minutes … on a hundred to zero, vote which is also 100...