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Despite pleas from parents and teachers, Helena school board votes to close Hawthorne Elementary
Montana Department of Corrections eyeing Butte, Boulder, Hardin for new women鈥檚 prison
Attorney general spars with investment firms over coal pricing
Gianforte vetoes proposal to put marijuana tax revenue toward 鈥榗ops and conservation鈥
Gov. Greg Gianforte has vetoed a bill that would divide revenues generated by adult-use marijuana sales between a variety of conservation, law enforcement, addiction treatment and homelessness support initiatives.
Daines, Sheehy wrestle with reemergence of public land sale proposal in Trump鈥檚 big budget bill
A proposal to sell 500,000 acres of Bureau of Land Management holdings in Nevada and Utah that鈥檚 generated political conversation and consternation in recent months has reemerged at the U.S. Capitol. Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah, told E&E News on June 3 that he plans to add public land sales back into Trump鈥檚鈥
About 50 people protest NorthWestern Energy鈥檚 rate hike as the state utility board starts 2-week hearing
Less than two years after the Montana Public Service Commission authorized a 28% electricity rate hike for NorthWestern Energy鈥檚 residential customers, commissioners are hearing expert testimony on the $874 million of investment the state鈥檚 largest utility has made in the ensuing years.
State Supreme Court strikes down 2021 abortion restrictions
A majority of Montana Supreme Court justices ruled Monday that a trio of abortion restrictions passed by Republican lawmakers in 2021 were unconstitutional, concluding a years-long legal challenge brought by health care providers and reproductive rights supporters.
Federal cuts to AmeriCorps limit Montana programs
Many Montana nonprofits that lost grant funding or AmeriCorps volunteers when the Trump administration cut funding to the service agency are concerned about how further budget reductions will impact their work in communities statewide.
Federal government OK鈥檚 expansion of Bull Mountains coal mine
Citing a 鈥渘ational energy emergency,鈥 the federal government gave a green light to a long-delayed expansion of Signal Peak Energy鈥檚 Bull Mountains coal mine near Billings.
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