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WEB2 days ago · A study conducted by the Montana Department of Transportation concluded that a roundabout would give the intersection of Highway 93 and Bell Crossing the highest level of service and safety, reducing fatal crashes by 90% and overall crashes by 37%. by Nathan Boddy 09.05.2024. Fact-based news and …
How to claim your Montana tax rebates - Montana Free Press
WEBAug 15, 2023 · You can also call the department at 406-444-6900. Rebates on 2022 and 2023 property taxes. Homeowners are eligible for up to $675 a year for their 2022 and 2023 property taxes on their principal residence, defined as the place where you’ve lived for at least seven months of the year. If you paid less than $675 in property taxes in either year ...
Montana's 2024 Candidates | MFTP 2024 Election Guide
WEB4 days ago · The 2024 primary election, where voters picked political party nominees to advance to the General Election, was held Tuesday, June 4. The 2024 general election will be held Tuesday, Nov. 5. Search 2024 Montana candidates by name. This guide includes federal, state-level and legislative candidates. County …
2023 Montana Capitol Tracker - Montana Free Press
WEBMay 10, 2024 · About the 2023 Montana Free Press Capitol Tracker. This guide is an effort to make the quantifiable aspects of the Montana Legislature more accessible to the public by compiling information about lawmakers, proposed bills and the legislative process. This is a project of Montana Free Press, a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit newsroom that aims to provide ...
Montana Supreme Court strikes down abortion law requiring …
WEBAug 14, 2024 · The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a 2013 law requiring parental consent for minors to obtain an abortion is unconstitutional, finding the statute violates a minor’s right to privacy and equal protection. The 36-page decision authored by Justice Laurie McKinnon upheld a 2023 state district court’s decision in the matter and ...
Who was Tim Sheehy before he started running for Senate?
WEBDec 4, 2023 · Before Tim Sheehy was the frontrunner in Montana’s 2024 Republican primary for U.S. Senate, the ex-Navy SEAL, aerial firefighter, millionaire business owner, part-time rancher and occasional political donor was a 2004 graduate of a Minneapolis-St. Paul area private high school who grew up in a lake house outside Minnesota’s Twin Cities.
Recreational marijuana is now legal in Montana - Montana Free …
WEBMay 7, 2021 · Adults can possess no more than 1 ounce for personal use. Until Jan. 1, 2022, growing your own is the only legal way to acquire marijuana in Montana. It’s still illegal under federal law to bring marijuana purchased in other states into Montana. On Jan. 1, 2022, dispensaries can begin selling marijuana commercially in Montana.
Who’s running for office in Montana’s 2024 election
WEBApr 15, 2024 · Incumbent Gov. Greg Gianforte is a Republican in a state that supported Donald Trump over Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election by almost 17 points. Republicans swept every state office in 2020, won a legislative supermajority in 2022, and will look to hold ground — including the governorship — in 2024.
Catholic group investigates its Indian boarding schools in Montana
WEBJul 11, 2023 · A Catholic-run Indian boarding-school group in southeastern Montana has commissioned an investigation into student deaths and unmarked graves at its three schools during their century-plus history. This story also appeared in Native News Online. The three schools are St. Labre Indian School, a pre-K through 12th-grade school in Ashland, just ...
NorthWestern Energy announces deal to acquire larger share of …
WEBJul 31, 2024 · NorthWestern Energy announced this week that it will acquire a large share of the Colstrip power plant from Puget Sound Energy, a Washington-based utility facing a mandate to stop using coal-generated power by 2025. NorthWestern said in a press release that the acquisition will come “at no cost” to the South Dakota-based utility and ...