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.
The Rattlesnake National Recreation Area should be assigned its own management area, not only for its unique character and history, but because it is only one of two Congressionally designated areas on the Lolo National Forest."
Leaders in Montana, whose population is nearly half rural, credit Medicaid expansion as the reason their hospitals have largely avoided the financial crisis depicted by the report despite escalating costs, workforce shortages, and growing administrative burden.
Drafty classroom windows, a leaky roof, a failing boiler, and a backlog of facility maintenance needs ... These are all too familiar realities for teachers, students, and staff in Montana’s K-12 schools.
The 1900 census placed Missoula’s population at 4,329. A newspaper writer of the day forecast that in 10 years or so, “it would be a city of between 15,000 and 20,000 inhabitants if conditions remain as favorable as they are now.”
Republicans in Montana, including Gov. Greg Gianforte, Attorney General Austin Knudsen, and the state’s three federal representatives, have widely panned the ESG movement as an attack on energy companies and gun manufacturers, among other groups.
Hours after Pyramid Mountain Lumber announced its plans to wind down operations on Thursday night, Missoula County and a number of other concerned partners arranged an emergency meeting in hopes of finding a solution.
The City of Missoula this week rolled out the second round of proposed zoning amendments, including several intended to streamline certain housing types and vertical mixed-use construction.