State Lawmakers Begin Budget Bargaining
Lawmakers in the House of Representatives began debating the state’s two-year budget on Monday, March 22.
Rep. Llew Jones, R-Conrad, is the chair of the House Appropriations Committee and the sponsor of House Bill 2, the main budget bill.
“The only job that a Legislature actually has to do is pass a budget,” Jones said during the bill’s first debate in the full House. “In our




