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1. Republican Leaders Want Primaries Closed to Remove
Moderates
Leading Republican lawmakers say in court documents that a lawsuit seek- ing to close Montana’s primary elections intends to keep moderates out of the Legislature.
Senate Majority Leader Matthew Rosendale and House Majority Leader Keith Regier said in depositions filed last week that certain, nonconformist Repub- licans thwarted the party’s agenda at the 2015 Legislature.
The leaders had lengthy complaints about the session that saw the passage of multiple initiatives they call “of partic- ular importance to Democrats.” Rosen- dale named seven senators and Regier named 11 representatives they say can be held personally responsible for under- mining the Republican majority in each chamber.
“These actions are demoralizing” to Republicans who embrace the party plat- form, Rosendale said.
Sen. Llew Jones, R-Conrad, responded, “Why does Matt Rosendale or Keith Regier have the right to say what the Republican message is?”
The statements from Rosendale, Regier and five other people were added to a lawsuit filed in federal court last Sep- tember. The suit, signed by the Republi- can State Central Committee, asks U.S. District Court Judge Brian Morris to strike down a state law allowing voters to participate in any party primary, regard- less of party affiliation.
“I’ve always thought that closed pri- maries take away the choice for Montan- ans to be independent,” Jones said in a phone interview Friday.
He was among the 18 lawmakers tar- geted by leadership for voting with Dem- ocrats on new laws requiring more finan- cial disclosures in elections, expand- ing Medicaid coverage and settling water rights on the Flathead Indian Reservation.
Jones said his first allegiance is to his conscience and his constituents and
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that his largely agricultural district sup- ported the water compact. He was con- tacted by hospital boards urging him to expand government-subsidized health care. And Jones sees the move to disclose “dark money” in campaigns as inherently bipartisan.
“The urge to have transparency in politics is a Democratic bill? Really?” JonessaidoftheRepublicanleadership’s stance. “We should quit allowing them the right to define these as Democratic bills.”
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2. Goguen to Deliver Keynote Address at High Tech Jobs Summit
Michael Goguen, a venture capitalist and philanthropist who has a home in Whitefish, will be a keynote speaker at the upcoming Montana High Tech Jobs Summit in Bozeman.
Goguen will be a featured speaker at the summit co-sponsored by Mon- tana U.S. Sen. Steve Daines. The event is Sept. 13-14 at Montana State Univer- sity. Goguen is slated to speak on Sept. 14 along with Doug Burgum, a co-founder and general partner at Arthur Ventures. This will be the first biannual high tech summit and is following in the footsteps of former U.S. Sen. Max Baucus’s Mon- tana’s Jobs Summit.
The event aims to bring together the nation’s tech leaders in the hub of Mon- tana’s growing technology sector and discuss ways to create more good-paying Montana tech jobs, Daines stated.
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3. Popular Trail to Receive Facelift
The first mile of the Highline Trail is unforgettable. It’s also heavily used.
“The Highline is probably one of the most popular trails in the park,” said Denise Germann, spokeswoman for Gla- cierNationalPark.
All that use is leading to some wear and tear on the trail, which is why it will be having some work done to it this fall.
The Highline Trail starts at Logan
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