The Battle for Clean Energy in Coal Country
Ken Burns’ latest chronicles the slaughter and revival of ‘The American Buffalo’
Is Montana’s pandemic tourism boom over?
CSKT’s push to protect Flathead Lake and its native trout
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Why Montana college tuition is on the rise
Veto politics set up standoffs between Gianforte and lawmakers
BLM rule proposes to put conservation on ‘equal footing’ with other uses
Eureka school project produces twin tiny homes
Subdivision proposal underscores development concerns in Bitterroot Valley
Gianforte takes veto scalpel to infrastructure bill
The governor used his line-item veto power to cut $23 million from the $1.2 billion House Bill 5, striking projects that were criticized as pork-barrel spending.
Indian Caucus priorities signed into law
Gianforte signed both the Montana Indian Child Welfare Act and a bill revising Indian Education For All laws earlier this week. The first bill secures Indigenous family protections in state law, and the second revises how Native history is taught in schools.
CEO of Western Montana Mental Health steps down
A representative of Western Montana Mental Health Center said this week that the Missoula-headquartered organization decided not to renew Levi Anderson’s contract after his five years of serving as CEO. Long the backbone of community behavioral health services across western Montana, Western has faced financial headwinds for years.
Gov. Gianforte signs MEPA bill into law
Sen. Mark Noland, a Republican businessman from Bigfork, said he sponsored the measure after seeing his friends’ livelihoods impacted by timber sales that had been halted under the Montana Environmental Policy Act.
Domestic violence shelters move out of hiding
A new domestic violence shelter in Bozeman reflects efforts nationwide to rethink the model that keeps survivors of abuse in hiding. But there are no guidelines for bringing shelters out into the open, leaving each to make it up as they go.
Abortion providers, state attorneys spar over new restrictions
A Helena district court judge on Tuesday barred the state from enforcing five new abortion restrictions while litigation over their constitutionality continues. The order from the bench came at the end of a three-and-a-half-hour court proceeding featuring Montana abortion providers, medical witnesses and state agency representatives.
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