National Parks
Federal watchdog says Daines-backed budget stopgap to keep parks open during winter shutdown was illegal
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The GAO’s Sept. 5 opinion said the maneuver “tears at the very fabric of Congress’s constitutional power of the purse.”
Economy
Five takeaways from the state’s annual Labor Day economy report
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Jobs and wages are up in Montana, but benefits aren’t felt everywhere.
State ethics chief recommends bringing lobbying code ‘into the 21st century’
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As the way influence is peddled in the Capitol evolves with technology, the law may not be keeping up.
Long Streets Project
Montana is the oldest state in the West. Demographics tell the tale.
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Who’s the grayest of them all? Among western states, it’s Montana
Long Streets Project
It can be tough to find fresh food in small towns. It gets harder when you lose your county’s only grocery store.
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Where do rural communities turn for fresh food when their only grocery store goes up in flames?
2020 Elections
Stapleton acknowledges new voter registration system won’t be ready for 2020
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Responding to concerns from county clerks about rushing to replace Montana’s voter registration system before the 2020 presidential election, Montana’s top election administrator acknowledged in a July letter that 2021 is a more realistic goal for the upgrade.
Dark Money
Bullock notches a win against IRS in dark money lawsuit
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Judge says IRS neglected public input procedure in nonprofit donor disclosure case.
Long Streets Project
Where born and bred Montanans do, and don’t, live
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Montanans prize birthright, but less than half of us were born here.
