Government
News from Constance Van Kley, Upper Seven Law HELENA — In the 2021 legislative session, Governor Greg Gianforte implemented a new method of tracking legislation — the “Agency Bill Monitoring Form.” Shortly after the session ended, Montana citizen Jayson O’Neill submitted an information request under Montana’s constitutional Right to Know, asking the Governor to provide the forms and related communications. The Governor refused, telling Mr. O’Neill that he would provide the documents only if a court ordered him to do so. Mr. O’Neill filed suit in September 2021, seeking release of the forms. On April 20, he filed a motion ...
POLSON — When the Flathead Reservation Water Management Board met last week in Polson, members unanimously agreed to move ahead with two pivotal decisions: advertising for a water engineer and establishing an interim approach for processing domestic water allowances. The five-member board conv...
News from the office of Governor Gianforte HELENA — Montana’s unemployment rate fell to a new record low in March to 2.3%, the fourth lowest rate in the nation. Montana’s labor force and total employment are at record highs. Inflation, however, has reached a 41-year high, undermi...
News from the offices of Senator Tester and Senator Daines U.S. SENATE — Bipartisan Senate resolution marking April 16, 2022 through April 24, 2022 as National Park Week passed the U.S. Senate recently. “Our national parks help set us apart from the rest of the world, and in M...
News from the Office of the Governor MONTANA — Governor Greg Gianforte released the names last Friday of an advisory council that will assist in reviewing qualified candidates to fill the district court judge vacancy in the 20th Judicial District (Lake and Sanders counties). Judge Jim Manley annou...
News from the offices of Senator Daines, Senator Tester U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines was at the White House for the official signing ceremony of his bipartisan bill that supports the United States Postal Service (USPS). “Happy to be at the White House today to celebrate my bipa...
News from Upper Seven Law HELENA — Following oral argument last month, a court has ruled that the state is prohibited from enforcing several election-related bills enacted last year, including House Bill 506, which restricted newly-18-year-old voters from accessing ballots, House Bill 176, which e...
News from the offices of Senator Tester and Senator Daines U.S. SENATE — Bipartisan Senate resolution marking April 16, 2022 through April 24, 2022 as National Park Week passed the U.S. Senate recently. “Our national parks help set us apart from the rest of the world, and in M...
News from the Department of the Interior WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs today announced that it will hold nation-to-nation consultations with Tribes on draft amendments to two different regulations, one regarding the f...
Editor, I just read your article regard the reauthorization of the federal Violence Against Women Act noting that while Senator John Tester led the vote for this, our other senator did not, nor did our only congressman. In a state with a huge problem with violence against women, particularly against Nativ...
