The GOP scrum for Montana’s second House district
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Heading into the June 4, 2024 primary election, Montana voters have the task of selecting from more than 60 candidates to fill federal and state offices, plus more than 300 hopefuls running for the state Legislature. Here’s a tool to sort out who’s who.
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Levy requests produce mixed results for Montana’s largest districts
Efforts to levy local taxpayer support in the face of budget shortfalls produced mixed results for large school districts in Montana. Voters in Bozeman and Missoula embraced some or all of those requests, while voters in Helena and Billings rejected them.
Bozeman’s boom depends on immigrants but struggles to support them
Twenty, even 10, years ago, Bozeman — far from the U.S.-Mexico border and overwhelmingly white — would not have been an obvious destination for a Central American family. One Mexican construction worker who moved here from Colorado in the mid-2000s told me that he used to walk the aisles of the local Walmart and hear…
Buttigieg heralds infrastructure bill, expansion of Missoula airport
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg touted the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Montana projects it helped fund during a visit to the Missoula Montana Airport.
Colstrip’s fate looms large in congressional meetings
In a pair of congressional committee meetings, U.S. Senator Jon Tester and U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke said pollution standards adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in April 2024 will have an outsized effect on Montana’s largest electricity generator, Colstrip’s coal-fired power plant.
Missoula County holds off on controversial gravel pit decision
Missoula County officials held off on determining whether the expansion of a gravel pit north of Florence could move forward but directed the company and neighborhood group to discuss an effort to find a solution agreeable to both sides.
Legislature v. judiciary
Lawmakers on the newly formed Senate Select Committee on Judicial Oversight and Reform covered little new ground in their efforts to reshape Montana’s judicial system in their first meeting, but they at least got a lesson in constitutional law.
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