Citing equity issues and the opportunity to guide growth, the Missoula City Council voted Monday night to annex 3,200 acres west of the city. The rapidly developing area includes Missoula International Airport, the Missoula Development Park, Canyon Creek Village subdivision and DeSmet School. Councilwoman Julie Armstrong cast the lone “no” vote, while Councilman Jesse … [Read more...] about Missoula City Council approves airport, development park annexation, citing equity issues

MANHATTAN (CN) – Dogged by insinuations of criminal liability, President Donald Trump tweeted Monday that the hush-money payments he is accused of having directed from attorney Michael Cohen were “simple private transactions.” “Lawyer’s liability if he made a mistake, not me,” Trump tweeted, before his routine invocation of a “WITCH HUNT!” Casting doubt on that claim, … [Read more...] about Ex-prosecutors doubt Trump’s spin on hush money to porn actress, Playboy model

(Courthouse News) The Ninth Circuit on Friday reviewed a Montana law prohibiting public disclosure of ethics complaints filed against government officials until after they have been decided, inserting itself into the middle of a caustic political rivalry between a Montana House Republican and the state’s Democratic governor. The dispute began in November 2016, when Montana’s … [Read more...] about Missoula legislator’s ethics complaint against Bullock reaches 9th Circuit Court

MANHATTAN (CN) – Rejecting Michael Cohen’s “rose-color view” of his cooperation with the Russia probe, federal prosecutors recommended Friday that President Donald Trump’s former lawyer receive a “substantial” prison term – noting that probation officers asked for 42 months. “After cheating the IRS for years, lying to banks and to Congress, and seeking to criminally … [Read more...] about Cohen hit with call of “substantial” sentence; Trump connected to a federal crime

Missoula Mayor John Engen on Friday called for a review of the city’s master sidewalk program – including new ways to pay for sidewalks – following citizen outcry over a proposed project in the Slant Street neighborhood. In a written announcement, Engen said the Slant Street sidewalks’ projected high costs and the financial burden placed on property owners – in one case … [Read more...] about Mayor Engen pulls proposed Slant Street sidewalk project, citing high costs