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Republicans select Regier, Ellsworth as House Speaker and Senate President
House and Senate Republicans on Wednesday selected Rep. Matt Regier of Kalispell and Sen. Jason Ellsworth of Hamilton as the leaders of their respective caucuses, cueing up a 2023 legislative session in which the GOP will enjoy the first two-thirds supermajority since Montana drafted its modern Constitution in 1972.
Helena judge rolls back wolf regs, citing potential for ‘over-harvesting’
In a Nov. 15 order, Lewis and Clark County District Court Judge Christoper Abbott wrote that “the imminence of over-harvesting of wolves near the national parks, and that the use of snares and the increase in the ‘bag limit’ could amplify wolf kills in a way that limits the Court’s ability to provide relief, should…
Montana Republicans get their supermajority, but not without ceding some seats
The two-thirds supermajority will give Republicans the margins across the Legislature necessary to refer constitutional amendments to the ballot without support from minority party Democrats, though whether Republicans will actually vote in unison is a separate and open question.
How Montana’s LR-131 ‘Born-Alive’ referendum failed
Organized opposition to the initiative spent hundreds of thousands of dollars and countless volunteer hours trying to get its message to as many Montana voters as possible. As the dust settled on last week’s election, the campaign’s defeat of LR-131 became one of a handful of nationwide wins for the reproductive rights movement, and a…
Election skeptics spark post-midterm episode in Great Falls
According to Cascade County Clerk and Recorder Rina Moore, a group of election skeptics circled the county office building Friday as she, her staff and local party volunteers conducted a routine post-election process.
Crystal Ball: The other youth vote
Before the polls even opened Nov. 8, public school students in Montana had offered a forecast of what was in store. Between Oct. 31 and Nov. 4, the Office of Public Instruction administered its annual Youth Vote event, asking K-12 students to vote in a mock election featuring the highest-profile items on the 2022 ticket.…
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