Judges need to stay independent and guard against partisan power-mongering — and they need to protect individual rights in the Montana Constitution, especially privacy.
With the number of marijuana dispensaries increasing in Missoula and the health impacts on the city's youth growing, the City Council on Monday night hit pause on issuing any new business licenses for pot sales and imposed new sanctions on those who sell to minors.
Democrats in the Montana Legislature said a tax shift in the state has put too much pressure on residential property taxpayers, and they want to introduce a plan to address that.
City Council members write, "This was the ruling that many of us expected but it is not what Missoula plans to do. We understand this requires a thoughtful and compassionate response regardless of what the courts do or don’t allow us to do."
The Montana GOP said the Democratic candidate for governor is illegally spending money on his wife’s communications company — but Democrat Ryan Busse alleges Gov. Greg Gianforte funneled $1 million to his campaign manager’s companies.
State lawmakers and a state task force have been digging into Montana’s property tax system for months, and now, they’re moving closer to making some recommendations on possible changes.