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

On a mostly party-line vote with Republicans in favor, the Montana House Wednesday endorsed a bill to prohibit local governments from regulating any food packaging or containers, such as plastic or Styrofoam.

Montana GOP advances income tax cuts for high earners, kills Dem proposals

GOP senators press first Native American nominee for Interior on pipelines

Voter suppression? Bill to restrict absentee ballots in Montana faces opposition

Supreme Court won't stop NY probe of Trump's tax records

Business

Missoula airport director announces resignation, deputy appointed acting director

The director of Missoula International Airport on Thursday announced his resignation, ending a 16-year tenure that saw record-high passenger counts and the construction of a $69 million terminal.

GOP split on support for Haaland as Interior Secretary; Daines opposes

While many Montanans support the nomination of Rep. Deb Haaland for Interior Secretary her opponents, including Sens. Steve Daines and John Barrasso, focused mainly on her stance on oil and gas, labeling her views as "radical."

Haaland faces tough confirmation; Daines leads opposition

Daines, Rosendale use Texas blackout to attack renewable energy

Sleepy Inn continues as quarantine shelter; Missoula's vaccine distribution evolving

Montana sportsmen rally around rejected FWP commissioner

February 20, 2021

Community Voices

Letters: Legislature set to 'ranch for wildlife,' quash Montana sportsmen, women

Harold Johns writes, "This is privatizing of public wildlife. Sooner or later this type of legislative bill will result in total loss of our wildlife and hunting heritage. Make no mistake about it. Greed is the driving force behind HB 505."

Letters: Keep Montana Legislature from undermining our first responders

Letters: Legislature should pass paid family, medical leave

Opinion: Montana can - and must - deploy tools to address state's housing crisis

No competition: Should garbage collection be a monopolized utility?

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Arts & Events

Harmon's Histories: Missoula's 11th sheriff was murdered in the jail by his wife

Moses Drouillard, Missoula’s 11th sheriff (1877-78), has been painted as a power-obsessed, conceited ass – not only that, but an abusive husband. Others considered him a courageous man, going up against the worst of society in a Wild West town.

Harmon's Histories: Missoula's first doctor married, divorced, died mysteriously

February 15, 2021

Harmon's Histories: Who shot the sheriff? Solving Missoula's great murder mystery of 1878

February 8, 2021

Harmon's Histories: A page from early Missoula ... Honest Abe's tutor, winter's provisions, a drunk's poem

February 1, 2021

Harmon's Histories: A visit to Terminus, Montana Territory, the town that didn't exist

January 25, 2021

Montana Today

Sx͏ʷix͏ʷ͏uytis Smx̣e: With CSKT blessing, Higgins bridge to become Bear Tracks Bridge

After winning the support from the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, the Missoula City Council joined the county on Wednesday in agreeing to support a recommending to the Montana Transportation Commission to rename the Higgins bridge as Bear Tracks Bride.

Committee approves expansion of Montana's Good Samaritan law to sex workers