Bill to update public transit law awaits governor’s signature By Jordan Hansen Daily Montanan May 11, 2025 Right now, the City of Billings MET Transit buses can’t serve nearby Lockwood because of a 1973 law.
‘Gamble for Montana’s futureâ€� By Micah Drew Daily Montanan Apr 20, 2025 In Montana, where land managed by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management comprises 30 million acres, roughly one-third of the s…
Resolution seeks to release thousands of acres of wilderness study areas from preservaiont By Jordan Hansen Daily Montanan Mar 29, 2025 A Senate joint resolution urging Congress to release a million acres of wilderness study area in Montana from consideration of inclusion into …
Bill to reallocate marijuana tax revenue clears Montana Senate By Micah Drew Daily Montanan Mar 22, 2025 Montana Senate has advanced a measure to change what programs receive more than $60 million in funding from recreational marijuana tax revenue.
Eyeing a supportive Supreme Court, GOP pushes for Ten Commandments in schools By Matt Vasilogambros Stateline Feb 27, 2025 Testing constitutional limits, Republicans in at least 15 states have introduced legislation this year that would require the Ten Commandments…
Montana Senate votes down bill to require Ten Commandments in public school classrooms By Keila Szpaller Daily Montanan Feb 17, 2025 The Montana Senate voted down a bill Saturday to require public schools to post the Ten Commandments in every classroom, albeit with an emotio…
House dumps one bill, advances another to expand wolf hunting By Micah Drew Daily Montanan Feb 2, 2025 One bill aiming to create an unlimited wolf hunting quota met its end Jan. 30 on the Montana House floor.Â
Beware of ‘unleashing freedomâ€� to plunder, pollute By George Ochenski Daily Montanan Jan 12, 2025 In his recent inaugural speech, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte spoke about how we have what the rest of the nation wants.Â
Montana failed to consider pollution from power plant, but Supreme Court won’t stop it By Darrell Ehrlick Daily Montanan Jan 5, 2025 In a years-long fight to stop a power plant near Laurel from releasing the pollution equivalent of 167,000 cars per year, Montana Supreme Cour…
Listen to Llew: Public trust funds make sense By George Ochenski Daily Montanan Dec 29, 2024  A widely published column by Rep. Llew Jones, who will chair the House Appropriations Committee in the coming legislative session, deserves s…