By Corin Cates-Carney on Jul 12, 2019 05:32 pm
This weekend Montana Democrats will convene in Helena to begin strategizing how to appeal to voters in the 2020 election. They’ll elect party leadership, who will guide fundraising and candidate recruitment. State Democrats have struggled to gain significant political ground in recent elections. Next year will be another big test of the party’s appeal to voters.
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By Corin Cates-Carney on Jul 12, 2019 04:57 pm
Montana’s Libertarian Party is starting its 2020 election planning this weekend with a convention in Great Falls. Montanans have never elected a Libertarian to a legislative or statewide public office.
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By Nora Saks on Jul 12, 2019 12:05 pm
Wednesday night, Anacondans got a rare chance to speak directly about their experience with Superfund to the national office that investigates the Environmental Protection Agency. And most of what they had to say wasn’t complimentary. Anaconda residents have attended countless Superfund meetings over the last 36 years. But unlike the others, this one wasn’t hosted by EPA.
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By Eric Whitney on Jul 11, 2019 06:49 pm
An emotional Tanya Gersh testified for more than an hour in federal court in Missoula Thursday in her lawsuit against neo-Nazi website publisher Andrew Anglin . Gersh is the Whitefish realtor who was targeted by Anglin, who told readers of his website, The Daily Stormer , to unleash a “troll storm” against her, her family and the small local Jewish community.
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By Nicky Ouellet on Jul 11, 2019 05:31 pm
Second Montana democrat enters U.S. Senate race A second Montana Democrat has announced a campaign for U.S. Senate.
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By Rachel Cramer on Jul 11, 2019 05:26 pm
MSU Employee Arrested After Making Threats, Claiming To Have Guns Update from the Associated Press at 12:30 P.M. July 12, 2019: Montana State University officials say an employee will undergo a mental health evaluation after making threatening statements that caused a campus-wide lockdown.
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By editor on Jul 11, 2019 04:16 pm
Health clinic to use telemedicine to expand addiction treatment in Montana. For the first time ever, federal Farm Bill grants for medicine are being aimed at treating opiod addiction. $188 thousand for that is heading to the Bighorn Valley Health Center in Southeast Montana.
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By MTPR News on Jul 10, 2019 06:14 pm
The wives of two men shot multiple times in March on roads in the Missoula area gave updates on their husbands’ recoveries Wednesday. Montana Highway Patrol trooper Wade Palmer, who was shot three times, successfully completed another surgery on June 17 to repair his skull, his wife Lindsey Palmer said.
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By Rachel Cramer on Jul 10, 2019 05:46 pm
One Year Later, Bacon Rind Burn Site Shows Signs Of Renewal It’s been about a year since lightning started a fire that burned almost 4,500 acres in the Lee Metcalf Wilderness and Yellowstone National Park. Local fire managers and ecologists invited journalists to see how the burn site is recovering and learn how fire plays a role on the landscape.
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By Anonymous on Jul 10, 2019 05:45 pm
The total number of candidates running for Montana’s open U.S. House seat jumped to seven today. That’s after Simms Democrat Matt Rains and Corvallis Republican Tim Johnson announced their candidacies.
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By Cassidy Alexander on Jul 10, 2019 05:18 pm
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester echoed a call by many democrats for Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta’s resignation Wednesday during a Facebook Live town hall.
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By Corin Cates-Carney on Jul 10, 2019 05:11 pm
Montana’s Medicaid expansion now covers more than 92,000 people. Its future was in question earlier this year when state lawmakers debated whether to continue it, and if so, how. Conservative lawmakers campaigned to scrap expansion altogether. More moderate Republicans pushed for adding work requirements for enrollees — something not allowed under the Obama administration but OK'd by President Trump.
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By Aaron Bolton on Jul 10, 2019 04:49 pm
A small wildfire that was discovered Monday on the Flathead Reservation is now being called 80 percent contained. Responders say the blaze was sparked by lightning either Sunday or Monday. The wildfire burned just two and a half miles northwest of Arlee. The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Division of Fire and local firefighters were able to contain 20 percent of the blaze shortly after responding Monday evening.
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By editor on Jul 10, 2019 03:30 pm
Crow Nation fight to preserve the Crazy Mountains For the first time in thirty years, the U.S. Forest Service is updating its management plan for the Custer-Gallatin National Forest. It’ll determine where you can mountain bike, build new trails and harvest timber, among other things.
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By Eric Whitney on Jul 10, 2019 01:30 pm
"The Missing Endangered Persons Advisory for James Rose has been canceled. He has been safely located. Missoula Police Department thanks you for your assistance."
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By Ron Elving on Jul 10, 2019 01:26 pm
Day after day, you're seeing stories about the 2020 census on the front page and all over TV news, even though the once-a-decade head count is still months away. The president wants the census questionnaire to include: "Is this person a citizen of the United States?" He's willing to delay the count "for as long as it takes" to have it his way. But Census Bureau officials say such a question will chill cooperation, suppress the count by millions and distort the relative populations of states. They say counting all persons present in the country has been the mission of the census since it was invented in the Constitution. States sued to block the citizenship question and in June the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it could only be added with proper justification. Chief Justice John Roberts said the justification the administration had offered – to help enforce the Voting Rights Act – was not supported by evidence. "Contrived" was the term he used. So now we have a court fight and a loud,
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By Clare Lombardo on Jul 10, 2019 04:00 am
Americans owe about $1.6 trillion in student loan debt. That's about twice the current budget for the Defense Department and around 22 times the budget for the Education Department. About one in every six American adults owes money on a federal student loan. So it makes sense that candidates for the 2020 presidential election have proposed ways of dealing with this debt to allow millions of Americans to move on. Their proposals vary. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., says she would forgive "up to $50,000 in student loan debt for 42 million Americans." Her plan would cancel up to $50,000 in debt for individuals with a household income of under $100,000. The plan wouldn't take away debt for people with a household income above $250,000. Those in the middle would have loans canceled based on how much they make — the more you earn, the less would be forgiven. Paying for it: Warren says she'd institute a tax on the wealthiest Americans to come up with the money for this. Vermont Sen. Bernie
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By Aaron Bolton on Jul 09, 2019 06:27 pm
More than 500 nurses working for Kalispell Regional Healthcare will vote this week on whether to unionize. The vote will bring disagreement over staffing ratios to a head.
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By Megan Myscofski on Jul 09, 2019 05:53 pm
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that Montana will get nearly $48 million in grants for airports. It’s part of $477 million in airport improvement grants nationwide.
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By Aaron Bolton on Jul 09, 2019 05:45 pm
Park rangers rescued three people Monday evening after their car crashed down a 40-foot embankment along Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. The driver reportedly swerved away from a truck that stopped to view a bear. Local photographer Philip Granrud was on his way to a trailhead when he arrived at the scene around 5 p.m.
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