Montana media groups appeal ruling over closed GOP meeting
The Montana Legislature meets at the capitol in Helena in this file photo. (Shaylee Ragar/UM Community News Service FILE)
HELENA (AP) — Members of the Montana media are appealing a state judge's ruling in a lawsuit over whether Republican members of a legislative committee legally held a secret meeting before voting on bills involving abortion and transgender health care.
The media groups, including The Associated Press, argued the meeting of nine of 12 Republican lawmakers on the 19-member House Judiciary Committee should have been open to the public...
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