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HELENA — A proposed change to the way the House considers bills has been tabled, for now. In November, Democrats and some Republicans on the Legislative Council proposed rule changes that would allow lawmakers to move bills to the House floor with a simple majority vote, instead of the supermajority currently required. In the past, some hot-button bills floundered and died in “kill committees” without enough votes to push them through. In the case of some bills, the House Speaker never assigned the bill to a committee for a hearing, effectively killing it. In an effort to limit the ability of the leadership to hamstring bills through such parliamentary tacti...
POLSON — Join us from 7-10 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 19, for the Community Country Christmas Dance at the Elks on Main Street. Ken’s Country Combo will play a variety of country and vintage rock and roll music. Please bring finger food to share and wear Christmas colors if you can. (Neither is a re...
News from Humanities Montana MONTANA – Montana students are encouraged to submit letters about life-changing books for cash prizes for the Letters About Literature competition. “[Letters About Literature] is a brilliant way to bring literature and self-reflection together. Wri...
News from Mission Valley Rises LAKE COUNTY — Mission Valley Rises is a non-partisan, community-led group that has been working in Lake County since 2016. The group was formed in order to sponsor civil dialogue on the issues that divide our community. We strongly believe that it is possible to find...
News from University of Montana MISSOULA – As forest managers increasingly see less natural regeneration of low-elevation tree species and increased mortality in planted seedlings, reforestation needs are outpacing the ability of managers to respond. Three University of Montana researchers rece...
POLSON — The city of Polson is ready to start the hiring process for a new city manager, but the city will not be contracting with the same recruiting firm they used to hire their last city manager. The commission voted five to one not to contract with the consulting firm Prothman, which led the hir...
POLSON – The annual Parade of Lights put on a spectacular display. Lights, music and holiday cheer filled downtown Polson on Friday evening. A wintery chill to the air added to the excitement. More than two- dozen brightly illuminated floats and fire trucks inched their way down Main Street past hundre...
POLSON – Christmas trees, wreaths and holiday packages were on display at the KwaTaqNuk conference and banquet center this past weekend during the annual Mission Valley Festival of Trees. The festival opened Friday evening with a public viewing, which included a hot coco bar and a special visit from...
ST. IGNATIUS – With help from the Missoula Children’s Theater, children at the St. Ignatius School District presented the “Snow Queen” on Friday and Saturday after preparing for only five days. Iris Arlint played the part of Gerda. The Snow Queen was Yvonne Baty. Wyatt Lamme...
News from the University of Montana MISSOULA – Five out of six of the world’s most highly cited researchers living in Big Sky Country hail from the University of Montana. That’s according to Clarivate Analytics, a company that monitors research data via its Web of Science plat...
