Follow Montana Free Press’ live coverage of the June 2 Montana primary election featuring updates, analysis, results and commentary from reporters Eric Dietrich and Mara Silvers, contributing writer Alex Sakariassen, and MTFP Editor-in-Chief John S. Adams.
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Proposal advances to eliminate educator council
A bill eliminating Montana’s 35-year-old advisory council on educator standards passed out of the House this week, part of Gov. Greg Gianforte’s broader red-tape relief effort.
Legislative efforts to reshape judicial procedures are gaining steam
On Tuesday, Rep. Kerri Seekins-Crowe, R-Billings, presented House Bill 326 to the House Judiciary Committee. The bill proposes giving the Legislature more of a role in the appointment of the Judicial Standards Commission, the body tasked with reviewing complaints of judicial misconduct.
The long history of anti-tribal sovereignty activity in Montana
Sen. Keith Regier, R-Kalispell, brought a draft resolution calling on Congress to “investigate alternatives to the reservation system.” The now-dead proposal was neither the beginning or the end of combative attitudes towards tribal nations in the state.
Bill would force Montana cities to allow smaller home lots
A bill heard Tuesday at the Montana Legislature aims to increase the number of modestly priced homes available to Montana residents by reining in the power of city and town governments to require that new homes be built on properties of a certain size.
NBC’s Dateline to revisit 2017 murder of Broadwater County deputy
Producers of the episode say they expect to reveal new information about the perpetrators behind the killing of Deputy Mason Moore along Highway 287 near Three Forks early on the morning of May 16, 2017.
How many constituents does your representative represent?
Every representative has one vote on the floor of the Montana House of Representatives, but some represent thousands of constituents more than do their neighbors a few seats over. Here’s why.
Groups seek federal protections for Arctic grayling
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service failed to adequately account for climate change impacts and a lack of regulatory safeguards for river-dwelling Arctic Grayling, environmentalists argue in a lawsuit filed Jan. 30.
Resolution on new House and Senate districts is sailing through the Legislature
A resolution containing lawmakers’ feedback on newly drawn state House and Senate districts is sailing through the legislative process ahead of a deadline next month.
Bill would penalize officials who fail to hand over records to legislative auditors
Proposed legislation making its way through the Montana Senate seeks to clarify the responsibility that state agencies have to provide certain information to legislative auditors.
Trust, perception and Montana elections
Heading into the 2023 session, Montana was primed for a pitched policy debate over the integrity and security of its election process. Now the conversation among lawmakers has kicked loose questions about trust, perception and how extensive the case for change truly is.
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