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Montana coronavirus report
The latest news and information on the coronavirus pandemic in Montana, including updated case count maps and original in-depth reporting.
Expanded unemployment benefits are out. Return-to-work bonuses are in.
Gov. Gianforte will end expanded unemployment benefits in favor of a one-time $1,200 bonus for Montanans who re-enter the workforce.
UPDATED: Final steps toward law
With the legislative session over, dozens of bills await a final decision from Gov. Greg Gianforte before they officially become state statute.
The Session podcast
The 67th Montana Legislature is over. What happened? Reporters from Montana Free Press, Yellowstone Public Radio and Montana Public Radio break it all down.
The 2021 Legislature’s last-minute laws
Most of the new laws passed by the 2021 Legislature spent weeks moving through a public process. These are the key provisions that didn’t.
Conservation groups challenge logging project on Rocky Mountain Front
Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council filed a lawsuit Wednesday asking the U.S. District Court in Great Falls to stop a 10,331-acre noncommercial logging and prescribed burn project in a roadless area southwest of Augusta.
BNSF sues Libby clinic, claiming Medicare fraud
BNSF is suing Libby’s Center for Asbestos Related Disease in federal court, alleging the clinic is defrauding Medicare and grant agencies by over-diagnosing asbestos-related diseases and running unnecessary tests.
Winners, losers and mixed bags of the 67th Montana Legislature
After four months of finagling, these are the winners, losers and mixed bags of the 67th Montana Legislature.
Vaccination bill moves closer to law, with changes
Montana’s ongoing debate over prohibiting vaccination requirements took several twists Wednesday after Gov. Greg Gianforte sent House Bill 702 back to the Legislature with proposed changes of his own. Hours later, the House voted 65-35 to accept those changes.
Effort to investigate environmental groups voted down
A measure that would have directed the Department of Justice to investigate environmental groups is likely dead.
Marijuana bill passes House
House Bill 701, introduced by Rep. Mike Hopkins, R-East Missoula, and backed by Gov. Gianforte, passed its third and final reading in the House on a bipartisan 67-32 vote, ending a month of debate in Helena about how to implement Initiative 190, which legalized adult-use cannabis last November.
Ban on vax requirements headed for governor’s desk
Lawmakers have passed a bill that prohibits COVID-19 and other vaccination requirements in Montana after receiving assurances from the governor’s office that the law won’t impact hospital visitation. Hospitals aren’t so certain.
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