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Monitoring the U.S. Senate primaries and providing insight and analysis on key down-ballot races.
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Tracking the U.S. House races and key legislative contests.
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Election fraud argument gets an audience with Montana’s Department of Justice
Madison River flow returns after midnight dam repair
While flows are much closer to seasonal levels following a repair to Hebgen Dam’s outflow gate, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks says “lasting impacts to the fishery are still unknown.”
The ivermectin anger
Some people are putting pressure on health care workers to provide unauthorized COVID treatments, particularly in parts of the country where vaccination rates are low, government skepticism is high, and conservative leaders have championed the treatments.
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The latest news and information on the coronavirus pandemic in Montana, including updated case count maps and original in-depth reporting.
For sale: God, guns and separatism in the American Redoubt
A small group of realtors are aligning themselves to profit from a movement to create a religious-conservative ‘safe haven’ in the remote corners of Idaho and northwestern Montana. Their selling points? God, guns, and separatism.
Special Counsel: Montana Attorney General Knudsen did not harass hospital staff
A legislative probe into a highly publicized incident at a Helena hospital found that Republican Attorney General Austin Knudsen didn’t threaten hospital staff for witholding certain “alternative treatments” for a COVID-19 patient. Democrats aren’t satisfied the inquiry went far enough. Now public officials on both sides are calling for additional investigations.
Climate expert Katharine Hayhoe says good climate change communicators ‘start from the heart’
Fifty years in, energy and coal are still central to the issues for Northern Plains Resource Council. Past and present members describe the grassroots advocacy group’s approach and highlight old and new initiatives.
UPDATED: Montana COVID FAQ
Montana’s COVID stats and circumstances continue to change rapidly, raising a near constant stream of uncertainties. MTFP is rounding up expert answers to your latest COVID questions. Now including a new survey so you can tell us more about what you need to know.
The state of Montana education
During an in-person meeting last week, officials from every level of Montana’s education system discussed shared goals and challenges for students and educators in the state. Though most were optimistic about the trajectory of Montana schools, one member of the Board of Regents raised a concern about high school graduates opting not to continue their…
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.
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