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OPI reports on staffing vacancies and hiring challenges
Montana’s Office of Public Instruction reported to the Board of Public Education this week that the agency currently has nearly 25 vacant positions, 15 of which are in various stages of recruitment. But OPI said it faces challenges in finding new hires, and its assessment of staffing levels drew a critical response from key public…
Prominent Republican says Montana should ‘throw out’ state Constitution
Rep. Derek Skees, R-Kalispell, also called the state’s foundational legal document a “socialist rag” in a comment reported by the Flathead Beacon.
In the Flathead Valley, civic leaders struggle with a worsening housing ‘crisis’
In 2016, a housing needs assessment conducted by the city of Whitefish found the town needed 980 new housing units over the following four years, with 605 of those priced below the market rate to ensure that people who work in the community are able to live there. Pandemic-driven in-migration has only exacerbated the need.
CBD ban removed from Montana’s marijuana program
Following pushback from industry stakeholders and lawmakers, the Montana Department of Revenue has removed an unpopular ban on CBD products from the state’s cannabis program, along with a rule that would have barred people with minor criminal convictions from working in the cannabis industry.
OPI’s Montana School Law Conference explores hot-button education issues
Public schools nationwide are embroiled in a range of hot-button debates, from parental rights to critical race theory. Those topics were on the menu for Montana educators Tuesday during the Office of Public Instruction’s School Law Conference.
Montana files third challenge to federal vaccine mandates
Montana this week signed onto its third lawsuit against the Biden administration’s new vaccination requirements. Here’s a summary of what those rules would do and where the legal challenges stand.
Tester applauds Biden signature on $1.2T infrastructure bill
A $1 trillion infrastructure bill championed by Montana Sen. Jon Tester was signed into law by President Joe Biden Monday, allocating billions of dollars to Montana for highways, bridges, airports, water projects and broadband connectivity.
How live performers are walking the line between safety and pandemic politics
Clear masks for performers, keeping the front row empty and limiting the duration of performances are some of the tactics venues are using to make sure the show goes on safely.
Election officials caution against rushed software rollout
Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen is eyeing a rollout of Montana’s new statewide election system in January. But county officials say that due to ongoing development and a missed testing window in November, switching systems next year is too much and too fast, and could threaten the integrity of Montana elections.
How Montana got its new congressional map
Democrats wanted a competitive western district. Republicans wanted a simple split. The chair of Montana’s Districting and Apportionment wanted compromise. Here’s how that all boiled down to the state’s new U.S. House districts.
The kids aren’t alright — and a program designed to help them is on the rocks.
The Comprehensive School and Community Treatment program, which places mental health workers in schools, is beset by an ongoing shortage of therapeutic staff, funding changes, and bureaucratic confusion. How are Montana schools muddling through?
Tribes and environmental groups revive effort to block Hecla mines
Environmental groups and the Fort Belknap and CSKT tribes say Montana DEQ’s decision to drop a lawsuit against Hecla CEO Philip Baker Jr. is an ‘abrupt and unjustified agency reversal.’
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