The bill would prohibit firearms, either concealed or not, in such places as public parks, community recreation centers, hospitals, sporting venues, bars, libraries, universities, voting centers and government buildings.
The Missoula Redevelopment Agency pitched the city project to the Montana Board of Investments on Tuesday and was granted a bond worth $2.8 million under a new state program.
Kim Gillan writes, "The governor is taking Montana backward, not forward. Is this the Montana we want for our children, those less fortunate, or folks in rural areas?"
On Wednesday, 15 organizations sent 60-day notices to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service saying they would sue the agency over its decision, issued Friday, that gray wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains don’t warrant an Endangered Species listing.
The measure left authors of the bill asking how Republicans could sink legislation their own leadership had negotiated and signed off on earlier this week.
Senate Republicans completed their about-face on a bipartisan border security bill Wednesday, voting down a procedural motion that would have allowed the upper chamber to begin debate on the measure.
Montana head football coach Bobby Hauck and his staff added four new players to the 2024 roster – two from the high school ranks and two additional transfers – on National Signing Day Wednesday.