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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.
Lawmaker reports ‘threatening’ texts
Rep. Frank Garner alerted Capitol security Friday to texts he says appeared to reference his vote on a vaccination bill.
This week in Helena, Feb. 22-26
MTFP’s roundup of the week’s key action in the 67th Montana Legislature, from wolves to taxes to vaccination.
Bill would expand Native voting rights as Republican lawmakers push restrictions
House Bill 613 would address some barriers Indigenous voters face and protect them from legislation that would make it more difficult for them, and other groups, to vote.
Looking to Kentucky’s past to understand Montana health nominee’s future
Gov. Greg Gianforte’s pick for health director has garnered both praise and criticism for his past in Kentucky, where he sought to add work requirements to the state’s Medicaid program and was a top health official during a hepatitis A outbreak.
Pricing the future
Biden administration takes steps to increase the social cost of carbon pollution. The impacts on fossil fuel development in Montana could be significant.
The first five years
As Montana Free Press enters its sixth year as Montana’s first nonprofit, digital-first statehouse news organization, founder John Adams reflects on MTFP’s evolution.
Eliminating the enforcer
House Bill 535 to the House State Administration Committee Thursday. The bill seeks to replace the governor-appointed Commissioner of Political Practices with a four-person bipartisan council selected by legislative leadership, and to transfer oversight of campaign finance reporting to the Secretary of State.
New bill would make it harder for transgender Montanans to amend their birth certificates
Lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee forwarded a bill Thursday that would increase requirements for a transgender person to change the gender listed on their birth certificate.
To require, or not to require
A pair of bills in the Montana Legislature address vaccination
Increasing penalties for damaging energy infrastructure
The House Judiciary Committee heard testimony this week on a bill that would create stiff penalties for defacing, damaging or tampering with oil and gas, mining, railway or telecommunications infrastructure.
Montana’s senators split on Interior nominee after hearings heavy on energy issues
President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the sprawling federal agency responsible for managing much of the nation’s federal lands faced sharp questioning this week about opinions some Republicans say are “radical” and unfavorable toward energy production.
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