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WEB3 days ago · The Daily Montanan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan source for trusted news, commentary and insight into statewide policy and politics beneath the Big Sky. We’re part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization. Our stories may be republished online or in print under Creative Commons license CC BY …
Montana Supreme court rules voter restriction laws passed in '21 ...
WEBMar 27, 2024 · The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday released a massive 125-page opinion that struck down permanently four voting laws passed by the 2021 Legislature, saying that they impermissibly got in the way of residents exercising their right to vote. The four laws, which ranged from 18-year-olds registering before Election Day to using …
STDs on the rise in Montana - Daily Montanan
WEBMay 15, 2021 · Montana — like other states — is required to track STDs. Chlamydia cases reported through the end of April number 1,460, a 10 percent increase compared to the same time last year. Gonorrhea cases totaled 544 cases, an increase of 8 percent; and 17 syphilis cases have been reported, a 42 percent increase. While these STDs are …
Exposure to Agent Orange at U.S. bases, some veterans face …
WEBMay 25, 2024 · A soldier participates in the Norwegian Foot March at Fort Ord National Monument, in Monterey County, California, Oct. 28, 2022. Mounting evidence shows that to kill pervasive poison oak and other weeds at Fort Ord — a former Army base, which closed in 1994 — the military sprayed and experimented with the powerful herbicide …
Montana Property Tax Task Force delivers recommendations to …
WEBAug 15, 2024 · Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte told the Property Tax Task Force he convened in January they had performed “a job well done,” praising pieces of the finalized 12-part proposal the task force submitted on Thursday which he said would be “innovative tools” the legislature can start with next session to try to cut down the increased tax …
Montana's largest medical corridor to get new hospital in …
WEBAug 21, 2022 · However, for the next five years, St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings, which was part of SCL Health, will be constructing a new hospital to replace the current one in the downtown medical corridor of Montana’s largest city. SCL recently merged with Intermountain Health Care to become the largest medical organization in the state and …
Biden approves disaster declaration to aid cleanup following …
WEBAug 23, 2024 · President Joe Biden on Friday approved Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte’s request for a major disaster declaration that followed the straight-line wind event on July 24 that caused damage across Missoula and left many without power for several days.. The president’s major disaster declaration for Missoula and Powell counties allows the state, …
Hydrothermal explosion causes damage in area of Yellowstone …
WEBJul 23, 2024 · Damage along a boardwalk near the Black Diamond Pool in Yellowstone National Park following a hydrothermal explosion on July 23, 2024. (Photo courtesy Yellowstone National Park) Hydrothermal explosions often send boiling water, steam, mud and rock into the air and can reach heights of up to 1.2 miles, according to the U.S. …
Former President Trump to hold Montana rally in Gallatin County
WEBBy: Blair Miller - July 31, 2024 4:51 pm. Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he arrives to court for his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City. Judge Juan Merchan gave the jury instructions, and deliberations are entering their second day. The former president faces 34 felony counts ...
Tester announces $10.2 million infrastructure grant for East Helena ...
WEBJun 21, 2024 · It’s a win all the way around,” Tester said. East Helena Mayor Kelly Harris and U.S. Sen. Jon Tester (D-Montana) announce a $10 million RAISE Grant for East Helena on June 21, 2024. (Photo by Blair Miller, Daily Montanan) East Helena Mayor Kelly Harris said the expansion of the city’s infrastructure and housing developments marked …