Several issues occupied the narrative around the record-long federal shutdown, such as health care subsidies on the chopping block and air traffic controllers walking off the job. So when hemp regulations became a brief speed bump in ending the stalemate, many people did a double take. But not Morgan Tweet, CEO of IND Hemp in Fort Benton and a board member of the National Hemp Association.

Lawmakers, lobbyists press for answers over consolidation of MT alcohol, weed regulators

“I think these two bureaus and agencies are so different and so volatile. … We should keep things the way they are,” said House Speaker Brandon Ler, R-Savage.

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