Recreational marijuana sales begin January 1st in Montana just two weeks after the Department of Revenue which finalized its last package of administrative rules. After the nearly two decades of ramifications from the poor regulations initially set up for the medical marijuana industry in 2004 the Montana Department of Revenue wanted to get it...
State Senator Ellsworth Pleads Guilty To Misdemeanor
State Senator Jason Ellsworth has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of obstructing a peace officer after a traffic stop in May during which he threatened to call the attorney general and argued he couldn’t be arrested because he was a lawmaker on his way to legislative business. Ellsworth will receive a one-year deferred sentence for the...
State Senator Ellsworth Charged With Reckless Driving And Obstructing Peace Officer
A Montana state senator Jason Ellsworth of Hamilton faces misdemeanor charges after he was stopped for speeding through a construction zone at night. Court records say he told a trooper he was going to call the attorney general whose agency includes the Montana Highway Patrol. Ellsworth was stopped May 23rd between Townsend and Helena. Court r...
Marijuana Amendments Make Way To Committee
Today senators on a special legislative committee are scheduled to roll three bills into one and build Montana’s recreational marijuana program. James Bradley from the University of Montana Legislative News Service reports Hamilton Republican Senator Jason Ellsworth is the committee chair tasked with implementing the legalization of recreation...
Annual Maintenance To Voter List Now Law In Montana
Thursday evening COVID-19 Panel Chair and Deputized public health official Senator Jason Ellsworth was notified that a member of the government affairs committee has tested positive for COVID-19 and because the Legislature’s contact tracer requires time to do her work the decision was made to postpone today’s legislative floor sessions out of ...