MIN Weekly News Roundup

Week ending April 6, 2025

Four American Soldiers Who Died During Training Exercise Honored by Lithuanian Leaders and People as They Depart for Home

Road Construction Season Begins: Bridge Rehabilitation to Begin West of Joliet on US 212

A honey bee perches on a flower (photo by CAHNRs).

Honey Bee Colony Declines Grow as WSU Researchers Work to Fight Losses

Much of Amy Gamerman's new book, "The Crazies," takes place in and around Big Timber, about 15 miles southeast of the Crazy Mountains, which cover nearly 140,000 acres and have been the topic of much discussion over the years. Photo by Jacob W. Frank/NPS

Crazy Talk

Montana Food Banks Hit by Cuts to Federal Assistance

Carbon County DES Holds Evacuation Exercise on April 6

New Study Takes Long-Term Look at How Biochar and Hemp Improve Yields, Crops

Montana House District 55 Legislative Update

Montana Lawmakers Won’t Back Utah in Land-Transfer Lawsuit

Big Sky Resort’s Parent Company Agrees to Pay Nearly $25 million to Settle Class-Action Lawsuit

Credit: Emily Senkosky / Grist

Yellowstone’s Gateway Town Fears for Its Future Amid Trump Funding Cuts

MHP Provides Details on Officer Involved Critical Incident in Big Timber

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Bill Draws Significant Debate in Senate

Bill to Overhaul Exempt-Well Use Stalls in Montana Senate

Energy Providers Look to Set Precedent for Wildfire Liability Law

Senate Committee Votes Down Gianforte’s Income Tax Cut, Property Tax Relief Bill

State Budget Draft Passes Initial House Vote with Bipartisan Support

Governor Seeks Historic Cuts, While Bill Aimed at Middle-Class Receives Bipartisan Support

Senate Passes Property Tax Rebate as ‘Plan C’

Lawmakers Urge State Health Department to Reinstate Tribal Relations Position

Montana Republican Party Censures Nine GOP Senators; No Longer Considers Them Republicans

Bill to Increase Business Equipment Exemption Earns Bipartisan Support in Senate

Montana Cattle Committee ‘Checkoff’ Bill Tabled in Senate Agriculture Committee

Lawmakers Weigh Slew of Policies touching on Educational Goals and Instructional Quality

DOJ Sends Resources to Indian Country to Address Violent Crime

Frustrated with Persistent Violence, Fort Peck Community Members Demand Change

Gianforte’s Second-Home Tax Faces Legislative Headwinds

Ellsworth Receives Lifetime Ban from Montana Senate Floor for Ethics Violation

Resolution Seeking Federal Balanced Budget Amendment Fails

Beer and Wine Delivery Soon to be Legal in Montana as Governor Signs HB 211

Bill Would Create New Specialty License Plate to Fund Wildlife Crossings in Montana

Judge Temporarily Blocks Montana’s Bathroom Bill

‘We Exist in the Future,’ Said Speaker at Transgender Day of Visibility

Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow

Garry Kasparov: Why I’m Launching The Next Move

A montage created by the Montana Historical Society of people arrested and convicted of seditious speech during the World War I era. This photo is by no means exhaustive. Seventy-two Montanans were charged, tried and convicted for running afoul of the Montana Sedition Act.

Commentary: When Sedition Came to Montana …

Monarch butterfly in flight (ImagePerson, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons)

U.S. Butterfly Populations are Severely Declining

Representative Troy Downing Updates Constituents

GOP Budget Would Add an ‘Unprecedented’ $5.8 Trillion to the Deficit, Analysis Finds

Judge Orders Return of Maryland Father Deported by Mistake to El Salvador Prison

Trump Says He’ll Stop Health Care Fraudsters; Last Time, He Let Them Walk

‘They Won’t Help Me’: Sickest Patients Face Insurance Denials Despite Policy Fixes

Immigration Crackdowns Disrupt the Caregiving Industry; Families Pay the Price

Republican Luna and Democrat Pettersen Score a Win for New Parents in the U.S. House then GOP Leaders Cancel Votes for the Week

‘Really Scared’: Parents of Kids with Disabilities Confront Education Department Chaos

Democratic AGs Sue National Institutes of Health Over Disrupted Medical Research Grants

New Recalls and Safety Warnings