By Amanda Eggert, Montana Free Press Rep. Ed Stafman drafted the bill in response to litigation surrounding public records requests....
May 19, 2025
By Micah Drew, Daily Montanan The Legislature passed five new laws in response to the Held v. Montana climate change decision handed down...
May 1, 2025
By Anne Hedges, Bozeman Daily Chronicle When Great Falls residents learned that a coal plant was being planned in their peaceful rural...
By Nick Mott, Inside Climate News “There is a strong sentiment of climate denial in the Capitol,” Hedges said. “They’ll complain...
April 28, 2025
By ANDREW GORDER, GUY ALSENTZER, COBY GIERKE and DERF JOHNSON, Montana Standard It’s often said that the definition of insanity is...
April 22, 2025
We’ve had some great successes, and we’ve also had some losses this week. In this week’s legislative update, our lobbying...
April 11, 2025
By Amanda Eggert, Montana Free Press The Montana Legislature is advancing a pair of bills that aim to weaken water quality standards,...
April 8, 2025
Hearings and floor votes are coming in fast and furious. In this week’s legislative update, we covered everything you need to know...
April 4, 2025
By David Erickson, Missoulian The debate over data centers, which are coming into Montana and requesting to buy enormous amounts of...
April 2, 2025
By Nick Fitzmaurice Last summer, NorthWestern Energy requested permission from the Public Service Commission (PSC) to once again...
March 30, 2025