Montana Supreme Court affirms decision in Held, historic youth …
Dec 18, 2024 · The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a district court ruling in the nation’s first constitutional climate change trial , affirming that the youth plaintiffs have a “fundamental constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment” while revoking two Montana statutes. The 70-page decision, authored by Chief Justice Mike McGrath, comes 16 months after Lewis and Clark District ...
Supreme Court orders Montana DPHHS to turn over case files to …
5 days ago · The Montana Supreme Court has upheld a Billings lawmaker’s right to review a child-neglect-and-abuse case that the Gianforte administration had denied, citing attorney-client privilege. On Friday, the Montana Supreme Court unanimously sided with Rep. Bill Mercer, R-Billings, and aligned with the ...
Montana lawmakers told property taxes could rise again if …
Nov 18, 2024 · Montana lawmakers will head into the 2025 legislative session in a similar position they were in two years ago and will have to decide whether, and how, to reduce property tax assessment rates to keep property taxes from rising for many Montana homeowners – something they failed to do during the 2023 session.
Study says undocumented immigrants paid almost $100 billion in …
Sep 15, 2024 · Casey Quinlan was an economy reporter for States Newsroom, based in Washington, D.C. For the past decade, they have reported on national politics and state politics, LGBTQ rights, abortion access, labor issues, education, Supreme Court news and more for publications including The American Independent, ThinkProgress, New Republic, Rewire News, SCOTUSblog, In These Times and Vox.
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Knudsen hearing ends as both sides present very different views of ...
Oct 10, 2024 · Attorneys for Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and the Office of Disciplinary Counsel delivered closing arguments Thursday in Knudsen’s disciplinary hearing before the Commission on Practice after hearing from the Supreme Court administrator and two lawmakers from the 2021 session.. Montana Solicitor General Christian Corrigan delivered the closing for Knudsen, saying that punishing ...
Montana failed to consider pollution from new power plant, but …
Jan 3, 2025 · In a years-long fight to stop a power plant near Laurel from releasing the pollution equivalent of 167,000 cars per year, the Montana Supreme Court decided unanimously that both the state’s Department of Environmental Quality as well as NorthWestern Energy had skirted the state’s environmental law by refusing to acknowledge or take action on the greenhouse gases released by the power plant.
Constitutional Initiative 126 - Daily Montanan
Montanans will have three constitutional initiatives before them in 2024. Each, if passed, would amend the Montana Constitution. Constitutional Initiatives 126 and 127 are tied closely together, but because of the Montana Constitutional requirement that a constitutional proposal can only contain one subject, both 126 and 127 were separated to ensure compliance with the law. […]
Montana Supreme Court orders judge to review Gianforte's bill …
Jan 2, 2025 · The Montana Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Gov. Greg Gianforte may have legitimate legal reasons to withhold documents that could shed light about which legislation he supports or opposes, but that he can’t refuse to turn those over without having a district court judge review them.
Three large wildfires burning in Montana as weather stubbornly …
Jul 16, 2024 · As of Tuesday, three large active fires in Montana had spread across more than 46,000 acres, or a combined area of more than 70 square miles. The three fires — Deadman (which includes four different fires), Horse Gulch, and Miller Peak, also span the state as forecasters call for very high temperatures coupled with wind — dangerous fire conditions that may continue into next week.