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Senate committee advances multiple board confirmations; aeronautics nominees field questions on grants and airport fees
Summary
The Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs committee held confirmation hearings for boards including horse racing, barbers and cosmetologists, aeronautics and funeral services, pressed nominees and agency staff on finances, complaints and apprenticeship pathways, and voted to advance the resolutions. Several nominees described outreach and plans for expansion; the aeronautics panel highlighted recent grant activity and airport projects.
The Montana Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs Committee on Tuesday held consecutive confirmation hearings for nominees to several state advisory and licensing boards and voted to advance each resolution.
Nominees to the Board of Horse Racing, presented by the governor’s office and the Department of Commerce, won committee approval after proponents described the board’s structure and aims. Hannah Slusser of the governor’s office said the board is statutorily required to be submitted to the Senate president within 10 days after the session convenes and that the panel includes seven members, two required to represent the horse‑racing industry and five district representatives. Mandy Rambo, deputy and acting director at the Department of Commerce, told senators the board currently operates two race meets in Great Falls and Miles City and that the department…
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