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Senate committee confirms Sarah Swanson to continue as Montana labor commissioner
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The Senate Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs Committee unanimously advanced Sarah Swanson’s reconfirmation after hours of proponent testimony praising her modernization of unemployment IT, apprenticeship expansion and rapid‑response to mass layoffs.
Sarah Swanson was reconfirmed Tuesday by the Senate Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs Committee to continue as Montana’s commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry. The committee opened a public hearing for Senate Resolution 82 and members moved the nomination to executive action; the committee approved the confirmation by voice vote.
Swanson, who spoke to the committee about her private‑sector background and 20 months as commissioner, detailed technical and program changes her agency rolled out. “Muse, our new unemployment insurance system, launched in October 2023,” she said, and the department has since modernized…
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