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Rep. Price cites high and low points from legislative session

Rep. Jean Price

Rep. Jean Price, D-Great Falls

Here are my views on the 2015 session of the Montana Legislature.

High points:

The water compact, the HELP Act (Medicaid expansion) and campaign finance reform. I think we all feel good about that. School finance passed (early). This is such a benefit for local school districts. It’s always been such a struggle.

Low point:

I wanted to see us accomplish it (pass infrastructure bill) before we left. There was a lot of nice money for eastern Montana, the oil and gas area. The Republicans don’t like bonding. We tried.

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