From a spending freeze memo that sparked confusion to federal layoffs among critical programs, here are the biggest reversals of Trump’s second term so far. Cecelia Smith-SchoenwalderFeb. 27, 2025 Trump’s Biggest U-Turns The House passed its budget plan along party lines. But the mat...
But in a new lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Missoula, the 10 groups say that not only do the newly adopted state wolf management rules set the gray wolves on a path to near extinction and poor genetics, but both states also use faulty, if not bogus, statistics to justify t...
Based on information documented by state and federal agencies, geologists, historians, and our own prospecting experience, we believe the Oregon Gulch Project represents a unique opportunity for recovering substantial quantities of gold within a proven gold-bearing trend that boasts impressive records of ...
enact local ordinances, whereas counties cannot. Municipalities have police forces, and each county has an elected sheriff, who appoints deputies and has jurisdiction outside towns and cities. Some sheriffs and deputies, as well as federal officers, act as brand inspectors to prevent the sale of ...
More than $600 million of federal money was spent during the decontamination efforts. The old Zonolite mine in Libby, Montana, remains under EPA oversight to this day. In September 2021, the agency announced that another major section of the sprawling restoration effort had been completed. The...
In Montana, under both federal laws and the Montana Code Annotated (MCA), claim jumping and mineral trespass can lead to severe penalties. Penalties for Mineral Trespass in Montana: • Trespassing on Mining Claims: In Montana, according to the MCA (82-4-305), it is illegal to extract ...
Federal courts in Montana include the United States District Court for the District of Montana and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Montana. Three former Montana politicians have been named judges on the U.S. District Court: Charles Nelson Pray (who served in the U.S. ...
Supreme Court ruled that government funding for chaplains by state legislatures was constitutional because of the "unique history" of the United States. The federal government in 1791 had authorized a hired chaplain for Congress precisely three days before the ratification of the Bill of Rights, ...
Lawsmeans, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the en...
As a matter of routine last spring, University of Montana graduate student Erin Dozhier would settle into their home office on the north end of Missoula and prepare for a barrage of questions about houseplants and parrots. The queries came from publi...