On Tuesday, Montana Senator Steve Daines hosted a scoping meeting at MSU-Billings, to give Montana citizens an opportunity denied to them by the EPA and the Obama administration to voice their opinions on coal.
Late Friday night, Thomas Dempsey and Nick West were arrested for the robbery of a Missoula casino and for carjacking a Washington family at gunpoint almost 24 hours earlier. They will appear in justice court today.
The Montana Energy Summit wrapped up in Billings on Thursday afternoon, and on Friday, Montana Senator Steve Daines stated that despite Montana's rich energy resources, the biggest enemy is inside the Beltway in Washington, D.C.
On February 29th, Senator Steve Daines went to Cuba to visit the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. Upon Daines' return, he took to the Senate floor to state the importance of maintaining the detention center and not bringing detainees to American communities.
During a hearing this morning in Washington, D.C., Montana Senator Steve Daines told Interior Secretary Sally Jewell that the moratorium on leasing coal on federal lands was ' a direct assault on the Montana economy.'
Two Lolo men appeared in Missoula Justice Court on Thursday charged with felony animal cruelty and tampering with evidence after over 20 pets were blow darted last fall.
President Barack Obama rejected the Keystone XL pipeline earlier today and Montana legislators Senator Steve Daines and Governor Steve Bullock are responding.