2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (461+ words) The deadline for printing return envelopes for Montana’s absentee ballots has passed, and with it — for now — President Donald Trump’s unimplemented plan to have the postal service screen mail ballots. Today is the deadline for printing return envelopes for Montana’s…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (288+ words) As a fan of local history, I was fascinated to learn about Montana’s Corrupt Practices Act, which passed by ballot initiative in 1912, and completely banned corporate influence in our elections for 100 years. We needed this law because the copper kings…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (369+ words) Crews are re-roofing the Capitol and stripping the copper dome for its first full restoration since the seal coating in 2010 Scaffolding stacks its way up to the roof of the Capitol building in Helena, where construction is in full swing....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (611+ words) Montana is changing. Our population is growing, communities are expanding, subdivisions are reaching farther into the urban interface, and development is putting increasing pressure on the lands that make Montana special. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates Montana’s population reached nearly 1.145 million…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (256+ words) Amid it all, Montana’s ballot certification deadline of Aug. 20 came and went yesterday. That’s the date by which the Secretary of State must certify names and designations for statewide and state district candidates, along with statewide ballot issues, and where…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (738+ words) Why Montana candidates need more honey and less vinegar this election season The hives stood tall. Workers added supers to the stack as bees produced more honey over a hot summer. Wildfire smoke seemed to have stalled activity, but fresh…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (689+ words) The initiative drew immediate backlash from public land advocates and triggered a 30-day public comment period. It's the last chance for the public to weigh in before the rule could be rescinded. The U.S. Forest Service on Tuesday submitted its plan…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (716+ words) The vote was spurred by a legal opinion on the state’s term limit law issued last week by Montana Republican Attorney General Austin Knudsen that effectively blocked Jones from being eligible to run for the state Senate this election cycle…...