Republican lawmaker wants to block mandatory diversity training for state Montana employees

A Republican lawmaker in Montana wants to prohibit mandatory diversity training for state employees with a bill whose language matches a Florida law that is temporarily blocked by the courts. The proposed "Montana Individual Freedom Act," would prohibit diversity, equity and inclusion training as a condition of state employment if the training is aimed at having the employee believe that a group of people are responsible for "and must feel guilt, anguish, or other forms of psychological distress," for historical injustices. A House committee heard testimony Monday after the Senate...