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Hunter Pauli is a Seattle-born, Missoula-based freelance investigative reporter and graduate of the University of Montana School of Journalism.
A judge denied three medical marijuana providers request to work with a Missoula THC extraction lab. The latest twist in an ongoing lawsuit highlights the ongoing disagreement and confusion surrounding state implementation and regulation of the Montana Medical Marijuana Act.
A decision by state regulators to allow a THC extraction lab drew criticism from a marijuana industry lobbyist. Now an apparent reversal by the state has landed the issue in court. What’s next for Montana’s tumultuous medical marijuana industry?
Two bills are aimed at protecting drinking water, indigenous cultural sites, and the environment, but opponents say the legislation would end any hope of building the Keystone XL pipeline.
A federal judge ruled the U.S. government did not adequately consider climate change and other environmental impacts of the massive transnational pipeline.
A federal judge ruled Monday to return the Yellowstone grizzly bear to the endangered species list, ending a year of uncertainty for the bear.
Documents reveal state and federal agencies are training law enforcement agencies to surveil anti-Keystone XL pipeline activists’ social media, and how to arrest protesters en masse.
Civil liberties groups say a government report conflated indigenous protesters with violent “environmental rights extremists,” and revealed anti-Keystone XL pipeline protesters’ free speech rights were being chilled by surveillance.
A Montana federal judge temporarily blocked a planned grizzly bear hunt near Yellowstone National Park while he weighs the merits of a lawsuit seeking to bar hunting of the iconic animal.