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Montana GOP usurps local choice with bill prohibiting regulation of food containers

By Mike Dennison, MTN News HELENA — On a mostly party-line vote with Republicans in favor, the Montana House Wednesday endorsed a bill to...

February 24, 2021

Increasing penalties for damaging energy infrastructure

by Amanda Eggert, Montana Free Press The House Judiciary Committee heard testimony this week on a bill that would create stiff penalties...

February 24, 2021

Things YOU Can Do This Week – Week of 2/22/21

Normally, we try to trim down the list of actions we ask you to take each week so that we all can target our energy towards the most...

February 23, 2021

From coal to clean energy

by Michael Howell, Bitterroot Star The Bitterroot Climate Action Group hosted a Zoom meeting last week featuring a presentation on climate...

February 19, 2021

Weaponizing the weather

by Johnathan Hettinger, Montana Free Press As millions of Texans went without power this week during a historically rare cold stretch, the...

February 19, 2021

‘Join us on the right side of history:’ Thousands call on Daines to confirm Rep. Haaland

By Nora Mabie, Great Falls Tribune More than 2,500 Montanans signed a petition calling on Sen. Steve Daines to vote to confirm Rep. Deb...

February 19, 2021

3 Things YOU Can Do This Week – Week of 2/16/21

We’re two weeks away from transmittal, the midpoint of the Session and the time by which we know where most bills stand. Until then,...

February 16, 2021

Who’ll pay to clean up Colstrip?

by Amanda Eggert, Montana Free Press Depending who you ask, the bill associated with cleaning and plugging Colstrip’s seeping ash ponds...

February 12, 2021

Capitol Monitor, Feb. 4, 2021

Capitol Monitor Vol. 24 No. 2, Feb. 4, 2021 Things are heating up at the Capitol. Check out our latest issue below or download the PDF...

February 9, 2021

3 Things YOU Can Do This Week – Week of 2/8/21

The legislature continues to heat up! This week, we’re asking you to speak up on: 1) whether the state should override a citizen...

February 8, 2021