LATEST POLITICS & GOVERNMENT REPORTING
Two PSC districts on Montana ballot: Meet the candidates
Public Service Commission candidates say they’re vying for office to regulate monopolies
Aaron Flint’s fighting form
The Republican House candidate says Montana is under threat. After years of ‘fighting behind the microphone,’ he’s asking voters to send him to Washington swinging.
Trump announces plans for ‘super range’ military testing site in Montana
Proposed legislation includes $10M for feasibility study; Democrats fault plan’s lack of detail.
Trump rallies for Flint in Kalispell
The president, on tour to motivate voter turnout in hotly contested midterm elections, praised candidate Aaron Flint and bashed his Democratic opponent.
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CAPITOLIZED
It’s undebatable: Flint-Forstag is Montana’s hottest race
PLUS: Truth in advertising? You be the judge.
Trump on the stump for Flint
The president is expected in Kalispell next week, details TBD
Poll fishing in Montana’s hottest House race
PLUS: Bodnar guns for conservative cred.
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Livingston officials allow ‘Pawn Shop’ film to continue
The production, backed by the Daily Wire, sparked local backlash over potentially dangerous set operations and the film’s positive narrative about immigration enforcement.
On the Record: Gallatin County Attorney Audrey Cromwell
As a Supreme Court ruling approaches, Cromwell talks about her stance on immigration enforcement, the dispute with Attorney General Austin Knudsen, and what’s at stake.
Court rejects Butte data center ballot initiative
Judge: Plaintiffs’ responsibility to ‘read and understand the statute they were proceeding under.’ Organizer will appeal.
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STATE GOVERNMENT
Gov. Greg Gianforte taps Larry Flynn to head Montana Department of Transportation
Flynn has spent almost 20 years at the Montana Department of Transportation.
Union and governor’s office sign agreement to reduce state employees’ healthcare rate hike
The deal softens a proposed deductible spike, but leaves monthly premium increases in place.
State committee votes to replace Capitol’s iconic ‘Montana’ statue
Officials say that the statue has sustained extensive damage and that repairs are ‘infeasible.’
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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Poll: Men, Republicans and older Montanans more likely to support ICE
Poll finds divides fall along political party, gender and age lines.
Downing seeks HUD cuts for sanctuary cities
Bill would deny federal housing funding to communities that don’t share information about immigrants with federal officers, or that don’t detain people arrested by immigration agents.
Judge hears arguments in immigration class action
The case comes amid a national rise in petitions for release, as the Trump administration deploys federal immigration agents across the U.S. to enact deportation policies, sometimes without clear processes.
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