Daily News Roundup
June 29, 2024
Scattered Severe Thunderstorms Possible Sunday
There is a slight risk (level 2 out of 5) for Scattered Severe Thunderstorms in east-central Montana on Sunday, June 30. There are two potential timeframes for convective development, one being an isolated round in the east in the early afternoon to evening hours. The second round is associated with a cold front and will impact the forecast area in the early evening to midnight timeframe. Primary risks are wind and hail, with a secondary risk for heavy rainfall.
‘Sacred Return’: Tribal Ceremony Honors Birth of Prophesied White Buffalo Calf
By Blair Miller for the Daily Montanan HEBGEN LAKE, Montana — The birth of a sacred white buffalo calf earlier this month in Yellowstone National Park’s Lamar Valley fulfills a tribal prophecy, according to Native American spiritual leaders. The prophecy means people need to take better care of Mother Earth and must come together to do so, leaders and elders told a group of about 500 people gathered Wednesday on the north shore of Hebgen Lake.
Public Records Lawsuit Set for Oral Argument with Montana Supreme Court
By Keila Szpaller for the Daily Montanan The Montana Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on a lawsuit over whether Governor Greg Gianforte can claim “executive privilege” to withhold from the public internal records his office uses to track legislation.
U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Obstruction Law Helps Cases of January 6 Defendants
By: Ashley Murray for States Newsroom WASHINGTON — A former Pennsylvania police officer who joined the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol that delayed the certification of the 2020 presidential election results cannot be charged with obstructing an official proceeding unless a lower court finds otherwise, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday.
Montana GOP, Busse File Campaign Finance Complaints
By Nicole Girten for the Daily Montanan The Montana GOP said the Democratic candidate for governor is illegally spending money on his wife’s communications company — but Democrat Ryan Busse, challenging the Republican incumbent, alleges Governor Greg Gianforte improperly funneled $1 million to his campaign manager’s companies.
Biden Plan to Save Medicare Patients Money on Drugs Risks Empty Shelves, Pharmacists Say
By Susan Jaffe for KFF Health News Months into a new Biden administration policy intended to lower drug costs for Medicare patients, independent pharmacists say they’re struggling to afford to keep some prescription drugs in stock. “It would not matter if the governor himself walked in and said, ‘I need to get this prescription filled,’” said Clint Hopkins, a pharmacist and co-owner of Pucci’s Pharmacy in Sacramento, California. “If I’m losing money on it, it’s a no.”
U.S. Supreme Court flips precedent that empowered federal agencies
By Jacob Fischler for States Newsroom The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a precedent Friday that had for decades limited judicial power to strike executive branch regulations, in a decision immediately criticized for potentially undermining decisions by scientists and agency experts.