MIN Midweek News Roundup

April 17, 2025

SUPERHEROES: Committed to Reducing Montana Veteran Suicide Rates One Conversation and One Life at a Time

Spring in Montana: What a Difference a Day Makes!

Montana House District 55 Legislative Update

Legislature Approves Community Solar Legislation

After swimming across the Snake River, one of Grizzly 399’s subadult offspring shakes off excess water in May 2022. (Mark Gocke/Courtesy)

Trump and Musk’s DOGE ‘Functionally Destroying’ Historic Yellowstone Grizzly Science Team

Federal Court Halts Homeland Security’s Attempt to Remove Two Montana Graduate Students

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) addresses more than 7,000 people in Missoula, Montana, on April 16, 2025, during the final stop of the longtime Democratic Socialist's "Fighting Oligarchy" tour. Credit: Joshua Murdock / MTFP

Thousands Rally in Missoula for Bernie Sanders and AOC

Montana Federation of Public Employees Members Rally at Capitol

“Tired of it”: Fuller Comment Draws Ire, Accusations of Sexism in Senate

Major Education Bill Advances, Would Boost Starting Teacher Pay

Senate Taxation Committee Moves Major Property Tax Bills to Senate Floor

The Border Patrol Agents in Montana Called Them Gang Members; Defense Attorneys Saw No Evidence of That as a Judge Dismissed Their Cases

Amid Spending Concerns, Budget Advances, Major New Trust Proposed

Passenger Rail Bill Derails on Senate Floor

Committee Tables Bill to Split Health Department

Republican Effort to Regulate Courts Fizzles

NorthWestern Energy Pitches Montana Utility Board on 9% Increase to Natural Gas Rates

Shed Hunter Kills Grizzly Near Dupuyer

Marrongelle Selected as Chancellor of Montana Tech

Boaters on the Smith River in Meagher County (Photo by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks).

Fee Increase for Nonresident Smith River Lottery Process Passes Montana Legislature

Property Tax Discussions Drag on as Worries of ‘Stalemate’ Persist

The Port of Roosville north of Eureka. Credit: Flathead Beacon File Photo

Blackfeet Tribal Members Sue Feds Over Canada Tariffs

Commentary: Federal Medicaid Cuts Threaten Child Health in Montana

Lawsuit Filed After Trump’s Budget Office Shuts Down Public Information About Spending

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem checks out prisoners’ backsides at CECOT in El Salvador (DHSgov, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

U.S. Human Rights Law Likely Violated in $6M Payment for El Salvador Prison, Experts Say