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![Accurate rent estimates would bring state millions more for vouchers](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/12/attachment-Mcnette-housing.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Accurate rent estimates would bring state millions more for vouchers
Local housing advocates in Montana are committing to do the on-the-ground work to get a more accurate estimate of the rental market in the state – which would likely increase what the feds offer for housing vouchers.
![Packets sent to lawmakers on override of pot revenue veto](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2019/09/dollars.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Packets sent to lawmakers on override of pot revenue veto
More than 10 months after Gov. Greg Gianforte vetoed a popular bill to redistribute Montana’s marijuana revenue, the poll in which lawmakers will be able to override the veto is headed toward their mailboxes.
![Montana PSC to hold hearing on petition to consider climate change](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2019/09/Climate-4.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Montana PSC to hold hearing on petition to consider climate change
The Montana Public Service Commission will hold a public hearing at 9 a.m., April 8 on a petition to adopt a rule to require consideration of climate change impacts on health and the environment in its decisions.
![Senate GOP accuse MT SupCo of violating separation of powers](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/03/attachment-Senate-Republicans.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Senate GOP accuse MT SupCo of violating separation of powers
Senate Republican leadership is heading up a last-ditch effort to try to block a court-ordered override poll of a popular bill Gov. Greg Gianforte vetoed last session, making similar arguments the governor made in a lawsuit and the court has disagreed with multiple times.
![Montana lawmakers debate bipartisanship in state committees](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2024/01/attachment-capitol1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Montana lawmakers debate bipartisanship in state committees
Republican and Democrat legislators largely disagreed on how party make-up in interim committees impact the bills that come out of them during a discussion on the topic.
![Montana climate plaintiffs respond to state’s Supreme Court appeal](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/06/attachment-climate-change.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Montana climate plaintiffs respond to state’s Supreme Court appeal
The state argued that is the case because Montana’s greenhouse gas emissions are a small fraction of the global contributions to climate change and could not solely be responsible for violating their constitutional rights.
![Montanans losing insurance much faster than anticipated](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/06/attachment-health-care-2.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Montanans losing insurance much faster than anticipated
Data released by the state after demands by Democrats in the Legislature show that Montanans are losing Medicaid health insurance at a rate higher than expected.
![Records: Utah-based POWDR still connected to Holland Lake Lodge,](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/01/attachment-Holland-Lake.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Records: Utah-based POWDR still connected to Holland Lake Lodge,
The U.S. Forest Service reports a 2024 operating plan for Holland Lake Lodge has not been finalized, but it earlier said a 2017 permit issued to the lodge “remains valid.”
![Montana property-tax panelists: State in a ‘tax revolt’](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/10/attachment-housing1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Montana property-tax panelists: State in a ‘tax revolt’
Counties chase growth, but that isn’t a solution either because growth doesn’t pay for itself; rather, new houses require new fire trucks and police and roads.
![Montana’s US senators vote to pass RECA extension](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2020/07/Daines-Tester.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Montana’s US senators vote to pass RECA extension
Just months before the program is set to expire, both of Montana’s U.S. senators voted Thursday to pass a standalone bill that would extend and expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to include Montanans affected by nuclear testing in Nevada decades ago.