Politics

With funding from the national opioid settlement ready for distribution, the Missoula City Council on Monday approved an agreement with the county to establish an opioid abatement region that encompasses Missoula County.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday said the House will take up legislation to ratify an agreement between rail workers and operators in order to avert a nationwide rail strike.

Mae Nan Ellingson, the youngest Delegate to the 1972 Montana Constitutional Convention, announced the formation of Friends of the Montana Constitution, a Montana nonprofit and nonpartisan educational corporation.

Montana’s Districting and Apportionment Commission will be getting to the heart of their work, reshaping the legislative districts for the next election and beyond.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is processing claims at the fastest rate in its history, hoping to avoid a significant backlog as hundreds of thousands of veterans apply for health care and benefits under the landmark toxic exposure law Congress passed earlier this year.

The Montana Board of Public Education plans to keep existing ratios between students and librarians, school counselors and superintendents — contrary to the Office of Public Instruction’s recommendation to eliminate the minimum requirements.

An investigator found that a personnel committee had recommended Haladay as the leading candidate, but Deputy Attorney General Kris Hansen, who has since died, overruled the committee, likely because Haladay’s political views didn’t mesh with the administration’s.

The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to shield former President Donald Trump’s tax returns from a congressional subpoena.

"The Blackfeet tribe joined the lawsuit as a plaintiff, saying it should be allowed to defend itself against “an unlawful attempt” to enforce state law within the reservation’s boundaries.

Montana lawmakers have confirmed the state’s estimated revenue numbers for the coming years, setting the stage for the budget negotiations in the 2023 legislative session.