Spring Creek Mine
Spring Creek Mine re-opens, challenges remain
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A “short-term agreement” allows 283 mine employees to return to work while DEQ and NTEC negotiate a final permit.
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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
Spring Creek Mine
Purchase of Spring Creek coal mine leads to suspension of operations
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Montana’s largest coal mine suspended operations Thursday, after a permitting impasse between the Montana Department of Environmental Quality and the Navajo Transitional Energy Company.
MT Lowdown Podcast
Episode 41 — Dark Money director Kimberly Reed
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The documentary director talks about her film Dark Money, corporate power in Montana politics, and modern disinformation campaigns.
MT Lowdown Podcast
Episode 40: U.S. House candidate Tom Winter
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The Missoula legislator talks about health care, how he flipped a historically red Montana House district, and his hopes for a seat in Congress.
Public Service Commission
PSC attorney: Commissioners showed bias about solar projects — but not too much
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Solar advocates have argued that Montana’s elected Public Service Commissioners, all Republicans, have created a hostile environment for solar development by setting rates too low for solar farms to be economically viable.
Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force
Tribal reps withdraw from DOJ’s Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force over AG’s support for Keystone XL
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“On one hand, he’s rubbing our back, but on the other hand, he’s punching us in the stomach,” wrote Fort Peck Executive Board member Jestin Dupree.
MT Lowdown
Episode 39: MTFP Reporter Eric Dietrich talks about data reporting and new Labor Department projections
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MTFP data reporter Eric Dietrich’s latest story, “What Jobs May Come,” examines state economists’ forecasts for job openings, wages, and job turnover in Montana in the coming decade.
grizzly bears
Gianforte lobbies Interior to delist Northern Continental Divide grizzlies
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Grizzly bears are increasingly coming into conflict with people and livestock, and leading to calls for reduced protections and more aggressive management.
Long Streets Project
What jobs may come
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State labor department figures released in late September estimate 62,300 job openings in Montana each year through 2028. What they pay, and whether you can get them, has a lot to do with education.
MT Lowdown Podcast
Episode 38: U.S. House candidate Kathleen Williams
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The former state representative discusses Republican attempts to paint her as extreme, policy-making, health care, and her congressional priorities.