Montana Supreme Court affirms decision in Held, historic youth …
Dec 18, 2024 · The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a district court ruling in the nation’s first constitutional climate change trial , affirming that the youth plaintiffs have a “fundamental constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment” while revoking two Montana statutes. The 70-page decision, authored by Chief Justice Mike McGrath, comes 16 months after Lewis and Clark District ...
Montana lawmakers told property taxes could rise again if …
Nov 18, 2024 · Montana lawmakers will head into the 2025 legislative session in a similar position they were in two years ago and will have to decide whether, and how, to reduce property tax assessment rates to keep property taxes from rising for many Montana homeowners – something they failed to do during the 2023 session.
Three large wildfires burning in Montana as weather stubbornly …
Jul 16, 2024 · As of Tuesday, three large active fires in Montana had spread across more than 46,000 acres, or a combined area of more than 70 square miles. The three fires — Deadman (which includes four different fires), Horse Gulch, and Miller Peak, also span the state as forecasters call for very high temperatures coupled with wind — dangerous fire conditions that may continue into next week.
Montana failed to consider pollution from new power plant, but …
Jan 3, 2025 · In a years-long fight to stop a power plant near Laurel from releasing the pollution equivalent of 167,000 cars per year, the Montana Supreme Court decided unanimously that both the state’s Department of Environmental Quality as well as NorthWestern Energy had skirted the state’s environmental law by refusing to acknowledge or take action on the greenhouse gases released by the power plant.
Lawsuit asks court to stop Montana Legislative Services from …
Oct 30, 2024 · Documents related to drafting bills can’t be kept secret from the public, and a new policy that creates a barrier to the information interferes with the “right to know” protected in the Montana Constitution, a new lawsuit alleges.
Study says undocumented immigrants paid almost $100 billion in …
Sep 15, 2024 · Casey Quinlan was an economy reporter for States Newsroom, based in Washington, D.C. For the past decade, they have reported on national politics and state politics, LGBTQ rights, abortion access, labor issues, education, Supreme Court news and more for publications including The American Independent, ThinkProgress, New Republic, Rewire News, SCOTUSblog, In These Times and Vox.
14 women who said Missoula doctor assaulted them claim …
Nov 14, 2024 · More than a dozen women who said they were sexually assaulted by a doctor at a Missoula healthcare center said they’ve begun the process of suing Community Medical Center by going through the Montana Medical Legal Panel, a necessary step before suing the hospital.
Constitutional Initiative 126 - Daily Montanan
Montanans will have three constitutional initiatives before them in 2024. Each, if passed, would amend the Montana Constitution. Constitutional Initiatives 126 and 127 are tied closely together, but because of the Montana Constitutional requirement that a constitutional proposal can only contain one subject, both 126 and 127 were separated to ensure compliance with the law. […]
Montana Supreme Court orders judge to review Gianforte's bill …
Jan 2, 2025 · The Montana Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Gov. Greg Gianforte may have legitimate legal reasons to withhold documents that could shed light about which legislation he supports or opposes, but that he can’t refuse to turn those over without having a district court judge review them.
Whitefish doctor sentenced for defrauding federal health …
Dec 16, 2024 · A Whitefish physician who admitted to defrauding Medicare and other federal government health programs through a telemedicine conspiracy that resulted in more than $31 million in false billing was sentenced to six months in prison followed by six months home confinement, and one year of supervised release, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.