Montana State News
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Young activists who won Montana climate case want to stop power plant on Yellowstone River
Fresh off a legal victory earlier this year in a landmark climate change case, a group of young environmental acti…
Kalispell City Councilor Sid Daoud launches US Senate bid
Days after winning reelection to Kalispell City Council, Sid Daoud has turned his attention to the Montana Senate seat up for grabs in 2024.
Montana to accept federal funds to feed school-aged children next summer
After not accepting similar funds to feed hungry kids last summer, the state of Montana has changed course, and about 170,000 kids will have a better chance at full stomachs this upcoming summer in the Treasure Sta…
Tribal leaders ask Congress for help with fentanyl crisis in Native American communities
WASHINGTON — Leaders of Native American tribes detailed the fentanyl crisis in Indigenous communities during a Wednesday U.S. Senate hearing.
Ryan Busse confirms 1998 hunting ticket, calls it an honest mistake
Gubernatorial candidate Ryan Busse confirmed Tuesday he received a hunting ticket in 1998, but the Democrat also took a shot at Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte’…
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen launches 2024 reelection bid
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen is running for reelection in 2024, his campaign staff announced Tuesday.
States reconsider religious exemptions for vaccinations in child care
Montana, like 44 other states, allows religious exemptions from immunization requirements for school-age children. If the state is successful in expanding its …
State receives more than two dozen charter applications
As of its Nov. 1 deadline, the Montana Board of Public Education has received applications from more than a dozen public school districts seeking to establish 26 distinct charter schools across the state.
Zinke, Daines introduce bills seeking to block Palestinians from US
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines and U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke, both Montana Republicans, have in recent weeks introduced bills seeking to block Palestinians from entering th…
Air Force asks Congress to protect its nuclear launch sites from encroaching wind turbines
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force's vast fields of underground nuclear missile silos are rarely disturbed by more than the occasional wandering cow or floating s…
Poll: Montanans tepid about leaders, split on policy issues
The deep division and uncertainty that seems prevalent in national politics is alive and well in Montana, as the results of the annual Mountain States Poll were released Thursday.
Montana's psychiatric hospital is poorly run and neglect has hastened patient deaths, lawsuit says
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana's state psychiatric hospital has been so poorly run for decades that patients are unsafe and not treated with dignity and respect, which combined with a pattern of understaffing, lack o…
Man and 1-year-old boy shot and killed in Billings, suspects detained
A man and a 1-year-old boy were shot to death in their residence in Montana's largest city and 10 people have been detained while the shooting is investigated, Billings Police said.
Knudsen’s office blocks top-four primary ballot initiative, prompting lawsuit
The backers of a constitutional initiative that would reshape primary elections in Montana are suing the state for access to the ballot in 2024, arguing that Attorney General Austin Knudsen’s office incorrectly det…
Endangered Species Act protections for wolverines likely imminent
An analysis of wolverines in Wyoming and the rest of their Lower 48 range paints a grim picture of a low-density species that’s losing its habitat and facing a…
Montana Capitol Christmas tree harvested from Lubrecht Forest
GREENOUGH – Governor Greg Gianforte today announced the harvest of the 2023 State Capitol Christmas tree from a Montana Department of Natural Resources and Con…