A G.O.P. Plan to Sell Public Land Is Back. This Time, It’s Millions of Acres.
Senate Republicans want to sell the land to build more housing in the West, but the idea is contentious even within their own party.
Montana
Trump Approves Expansion of Scandal-Hit Coal Mine
Environmental groups had opposed expanding a Montana mine previously caught up in allegations of cocaine trafficking and the faked kidnapping of an executive.
Coal Plant Ranked as Nation’s Dirtiest Asks for Pollution Exemption
The facility, in Colstrip, Mont., used a new E.P.A. system for requesting special waivers from President Trump.
A Montana Senator Seeks to Be Trump’s Voice in Beijing
Senator Steve Daines said in an interview that in meetings with Chinese officials, he called for talks between President Trump and China’s leader, Xi Jinping.
‘Stop these crazy bills’: Republicans join Democrats to defeat anti-trans legislation in Montana
One bill would remove trans children from their parents, and the other would ban drag shows and Pride marchesUS politics live – latest updatesRepublican lawmakers in Montana voted en masse to help defeat two extreme anti-trans bills in an unprecedented…
Fossil fuel firms spent millions on US lawmakers who sponsored anti-protest bills
About 60% of oil and gas operations protected from protest due to money spent on lobbying, says Greenpeace USA reportFossil fuel companies have spent millions of dollars on lobbying and campaign donations to state lawmakers who sponsored anti-protest l…
‘Your argument just confuses me’: judge questions Montana TikTok ban
Federal judge seems to side with ACLU and Electronic Frontier Foundation that ban is unenforceable and unconstitutionalA federal judge said in a Thursday hearing that the argument in favor of a ban on TikTok from the Montana state government “just conf…
‘Not accurate at all’: Republican claims more bears than people in Montana
Senate candidate Tim Sheehy’s estimate wildly off as there are 1.12 million people in state and ‘nowhere close to that number of bear’In the compendium of false claims, an offering from Montana 2024 Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy is readily dis…
How to Spot a Wildfire: Weighing Fire Lookouts and Technology
Officials say the future of wildfire detection is cameras. But in northwest Montana, solitary humans on mountaintops still do more than machines alone can offer.
Judge in landmark climate trial issues order that is win for young activists
Sixteen young plaintiffs had alleged the Montana state government had violated their right to a healthy environmentThe judge who heard the US’s first constitutional climate trial earlier this year has issued an order which is a win for a group of young…