The Montana House gave initial approval to bills that would add protections for public workers who allege government waste, fraud or abuse within their agencies
The court has rejected Edward Snowden's request for a legal guarantee that would allow him to collect an award in the country without risk of being extradited to the US
"This judge has the ability for the first time to set up some kind of coherent rationale for a spectrum of sentences — because nobody has handled a case of this size"