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On Your Ballot: Rising costs and funding cliffs
Citing the expiration of federal stimulus support, declining enrollment, and an out-of-date state funding formula, some of the state’s largest school districts are turning to local voters for help with education levies on the May 7 ballot.
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Buttigieg heralds infrastructure bill, expansion of Missoula airport
Colstrip’s fate looms large in congressional meetings
Missoula County holds off on controversial gravel pit decision
Legislature v. judiciary
Montana records largest drop in childhood Medicaid coverage from pre-pandemic figures, study shows
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march at the University of Montana, call for an end to war
Montana Supreme Court sides with state in water right dispute
The Montana Supreme Court has sided with the state’s Department of Natural Resources and Conservation in a dispute involving a 64-year-old water right that’s used to irrigate both private and public land.
Public Service Commission extends comment deadline for climate petition
Following the commission’s 4-1 vote, the public will have until July 1, 2024, to weigh in on the petition, which asks regulators to adopt a framework for considering climate impacts in its oversight of monopoly power companies.
Attorney general sues Biden administration over Title IX revisions
Revisions to a federal rule expanding legal protections for LGBTQ students nationwide are drawing fire from several statewide Republican officials in Montana, fueling the state’s entry into yet another lawsuit against President Joe Biden’s administration.
Groups cite Wyoming wolf incident as they plan lawsuit for renewed endangered species status
An incident involving a Wyoming man who spent hours displaying a wolf he’d injured with his snowmobile in a small-town bar before shooting her drew international attention in March 2024. Now, wildlife and animal rights groups are citing the situation as they ask the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to restore endangered species protections for…
Key takeaways from our reporting on Montana’s public school budgets
Four key takeaways from our recent coverage of the financial challenges facing Montana’s largest school districts this year.
Donald Trump Jr. rallies Republican support for Montana candidates
Former president Donald Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., rallied for leading Republican candidates in Montana at an April 28 event, urging support for a conservative agenda that he said will help win races up and down ballots in November.
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