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Two groups filed lawsuits Wednesday against the governor and the secretary of state arguing that they are violating the Constitution by not allowing lawmakers to vote on whether to override the governor’s veto of a popular bill.

Despite threats of a veto, a bill to redistribute marijuana tax revenue has passed a final vote and will be heading to the governor’s desk.

The Senate has advanced a plan to use marijuana tax revenue to pay for habitat purchases and restoration. It will likely need to be reconciled with a House bill that has other plans for the money.

Montana’s House and Senate are at odds over how to spend the state’s nearly $50 million revenue from the sales tax on marijuana.

Montana health officials have released a report outlining ways the state could improve its mental health crisis system. The state is following through on some of the larger recommendations.

Montana lawmakers are considering changes to how the state spends millions of dollars generated by marijuana sales on mental health and addiction treatments.

Montana’s marijuana industry includes 432 dispensaries, employs more than 4,000 people and contributes millions of dollars of tax revenue

A bill to allow cannabis business access to traditional banking services appears to have failed in Congress this week.

Montana’s two U.S. senators are throwing their support behind a bipartisan effort to push new federal marijuana laws through Congress before the end of the current term.

Local option sales taxes on recreational marijuana appear to have been favored during Montana’s midterm election. Efforts to ban recreational sales had a more mixed response.