A Bozeman company is betting on pumped storage to help renew the state’s electricity grid.
Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force
Tribal reps withdraw from DOJ’s Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force over AG’s support for Keystone XL
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“On one hand, he’s rubbing our back, but on the other hand, he’s punching us in the stomach,” wrote Fort Peck Executive Board member Jestin Dupree.
MT Lowdown
Episode 39: MTFP Reporter Eric Dietrich talks about data reporting and new Labor Department projections
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MTFP data reporter Eric Dietrich’s latest story, “What Jobs May Come,” examines state economists’ forecasts for job openings, wages, and job turnover in Montana in the coming decade.
grizzly bears
Gianforte lobbies Interior to delist Northern Continental Divide grizzlies
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Grizzly bears are increasingly coming into conflict with people and livestock, and leading to calls for reduced protections and more aggressive management.
Long Streets Project
What jobs may come
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State labor department figures released in late September estimate 62,300 job openings in Montana each year through 2028. What they pay, and whether you can get them, has a lot to do with education.
MT Lowdown Podcast
Episode 38: U.S. House candidate Kathleen Williams
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The former state representative discusses Republican attempts to paint her as extreme, policy-making, health care, and her congressional priorities.
Long Streets Project
Student enrollment is up statewide, but dwindling numbers threaten to squeeze rural schools
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For districts in agricultural towns on the state’s eastern plains, a decades-long trend toward larger farms and fewer ag families means there are fewer students to go around.
MT Lowdown Podcast
Episode 37: U.S. House candidate Corey Stapleton
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Montana’s secretary of state discusses elections security, his critics, his goals for the U.S. House, and more.
Forest Service
Private development in the Crazy Mountains sparks anxiety for wilderness advocates
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Wilderness advocates say the construction, on a private inholding in a roadless basin at an altitude of over 8,000 feet, poses a serious threat to the range’s character as a remote sanctuary for wildlife and people.