Early numbers aren’t promising for 2018. Dr. Will Stratford of Missoula says he knows of 11 suicides that occurred during just one week so far this year.
An executive order from Governor Bullock this week has instituted a new net neutrality rule for Montana, but it only applies to companies that receive state contracts.
A confidentiality rule in Montana has been struck down by a federal judge... those with ethics complaints against elected officials can now talk about their complaint publicly.
In response to the Special Session, Republican Speaker of the House Austin Knudsen is already skeptical that Bullock is playing politics with the budget to get tax increases.
State agencies are still reeling from a surprising 10 percent cut announced by Governor Steve Bullock’s Budget Director Dan Villa on Wednesday, August 30.
The war between Montana’s Democratic Governor and the Republican majority legislature over the state budget wasn’t settled during the 2017 legislative session.