‘We’ve reached a historic compromise on a century-old dispute that protects the water rights of all Montanans,’ Daines said Thursday.
MT Lowdown Podcast
Episode 46 — Montana gubernatorial candidate Al Olszewski
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‘I’m in this game to win it,’ Olszewski says. ‘I am not going to peel off and become arm candy for Congressman Gianforte.’
CSKT Water Compact
Trump administration signals support for CSKT water compact
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Montana DNRC director calls Interior chief’s support for compact “historic.”
MTFP News
MTFP coordinating statewide reporting project on aging in Montana
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‘Graying Pains: Challenges and Opportunities in the West’s Oldest State’ will explore the economic, cultural, and personal impacts presented by Montana’s aging demographics with a 19-newsroom collaboration.
Rosebud coal mine
Environmental groups file federal lawsuit against Rosebud Coal Mine expansion
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The Western Environmental Law Center filing argues that the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement violated the National Environmental Policy Act in approving the expansion earlier this year.
Spring Creek Mine
Navajo Nation withdraws bond backing for Spring Creek Mine
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The Navajo Nation announced Tuesday that it will not provide financial bond backing for a tribal-owned company’s recent purchase of Montana’s Spring Creek coal mine and two other mines in Wyoming.
MT Lowdown Podcast
Episode 44 — U.S. House candidate Matt Rains
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Rains says he’s running to help ensure that farming and ranching remain viable for future generations of Montanans: “We have to find a way to make sure that ranchers and farmers can prosper on the ranch, otherwise rural Montana’s going to just vanish.”
Long Streets Project
Hutterite-commissioned study says communities’ collective operations add 2,200 jobs to state economy
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The study, billed as the first of its kind, concludes that the communities’ collective business operations contribute $365.3 million annually to the Montana economy.
Economy
Audit dings commerce department’s tracking of tourism grant impacts
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Poor record-keeping makes it hard to tell if tourism grants are actually drawing out-of-state dollars into the Montana economy, state auditors told lawmakers Oct. 30.