2020 Elections
GOP candidates for governor talk jobs in Helena
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Tim Fox and Al Olszewski debated at Carroll College this week, while Greg Gianforte raised funds at the Montana Club with Donald Trump Jr.
CSKT Water Compact
Daines and Tester co-sponsor CSKT water rights settlement
Montana Water Rights Protection Act would settle more than a century of disputes.
Special Series
The Long Streets Project
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MTFP guide: Montana’s 2020 election
By Eric Dietrich
What you need to know as Montana’s 2020 candidates compete for your vote
MT Lowdown Podcast
Episode 46 — Montana gubernatorial candidate Al Olszewski
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‘I’m in this game to win it,’ Olszewski says. ‘I am not going to peel off and become arm candy for Congressman Gianforte.’
CSKT Water Compact
Trump administration signals support for CSKT water compact
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Montana DNRC director calls Interior chief’s support for compact “historic.”
Public Service Commission
Presenting at Red Pill Expo, Montana utility commissioner urges attendees to take their ideas mainstream
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Montana utility commissioner Randy Pinocci took the stage at a right-wing conference in Mesquite, Nevada, Nov. 9, capping a two-day event where speakers railed against sustainable development, touted alarmist theories about childhood vaccinations, and argued that Americans need to “take our country back.”
MTFP News
MTFP coordinating statewide reporting project on aging in Montana
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‘Graying Pains: Challenges and Opportunities in the West’s Oldest State’ will explore the economic, cultural, and personal impacts presented by Montana’s aging demographics with a 19-newsroom collaboration.
MT Lowdown Podcast
Episode 45 — Redistricting researcher Peter Miller on Montana’s chances for a second congressional seat
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“Every 10 years we have this moment where we adjust district lines for the purposes of accounting for population shifts. However, it’s also a means by which legislative majorities have a potential to lock themselves into power for the next 10 years.”
Rosebud coal mine
Environmental groups file federal lawsuit against Rosebud Coal Mine expansion
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The Western Environmental Law Center filing argues that the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement violated the National Environmental Policy Act in approving the expansion earlier this year.
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Spring Creek Mine
Navajo Nation withdraws bond backing for Spring Creek Mine
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The Navajo Nation announced Tuesday that it will not provide financial bond backing for a tribal-owned company’s recent purchase of Montana’s Spring Creek coal mine and two other mines in Wyoming.
MT Lowdown Podcast
Episode 44 — U.S. House candidate Matt Rains
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Rains says he’s running to help ensure that farming and ranching remain viable for future generations of Montanans: “We have to find a way to make sure that ranchers and farmers can prosper on the ranch, otherwise rural Montana’s going to just vanish.”