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Judge blocks Election Day voter registration changes
Late voter registration, allowing Montanans to sign up to vote so long as they’re in line before polls officially …
Montana DOJ raises greenwashing claims in investigation into four Big Tech companies’ energy use
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen is working with 15 other Republican attorneys general to investigate the renewable energy claims and power usage of four of the world’s largest tech companies.
Farmers Union pushing for farm bill, other legislation amid mounting tariff woes
Joining hundreds of other farmers across the country, 14 members of the Montana Farmers Union joined the organization’s legislative fly-in earlier this month i…
Zinke staff offers mobile office hours in Western district counties
Montana western district U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke announced this week that his office will host in-person office hours in rural areas of the state’s first congress…
Report: Gallatin, Flathead Counties see highest nonresident visitor spending in Montana
During the past two years, nonresident tourists visiting Montana spent an estimated $5.28 billion in the Treasure State annually, a roughly 9% decrease from th…
University of Montana's fall enrollment tops 11,000
This fall, 11,064 students are enrolled at the University of Montana, marking the fifth consecutive year of enrollment growth at the University.
Robotic bear teaches Montanans to be ‘bear aware’
LOLO – Reaction time during a bear encounter is the focus of a new effort from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks to better educate the public about grizzlies an…
Changes to Montana's car seat law take effect in October
Flathead Valley experts are celebrating a change in state law — effective Oct. 1 — that will require children to be in a car seat until they are 8 years old an…
Federal judge stops grazing in grizzly habitat near Yellowstone
A federal judge in Missoula last week found that the U.S. Forest Service violated the law when authorizing expanded commercial livestock grazing leases north o…
Montana’s August jobless rate at 2.9%
Montana’s unemployment rate was at 2.9% in August, according to state Department of Labor and Industry statistics.
Montana will need dozens of new employees to roll out federal Medicaid work requirements
Shifting federal requirements for Medicaid enrollees passed by Congressional Republicans earlier this year could require the state health department to add 50 new staff positions to process applications and determi…
Wildfire services remain independent in new federal plans
Proposals to streamline federal wildfire services leave the two main firefighting agencies separate, according to documents released Sept. 15.
Bear attack on hiker closes trail in Yellowstone
A Yellowstone National Park trail remained closed Wednesday after a possible grizzly bear attacked a hiker, leaving him with serious but non-life-threatening i…
Youth plaintiffs ask court to halt Trump orders to ‘unleash’ American energy
Four of the youth plaintiffs challenging the Trump administration’s climate policies had their day in court Tuesday, telling a judge that climate change-fueled…
Young activists won a landmark state climate trial. Now they're challenging Trump's orders
Young climate activists and their attorneys who won a landmark global warming trial against the state of Montana are trying to convince a federal judge to bloc…
BNSF addresses utility permit issues raised by lawmakers, Montana cities
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway officials told lawmakers they would “dig in” to solve utility easement concerns raised by leaders of multiple cities and o…