MIN Weekly News Roundup

Week ending March 30, 2025

Precipitation will taper off this afternoon and evening, but as temperatures cool there is potential for icy roads and fog through the night into early Monday. Please use caution and allow extra time for your morning commute.

Another round of mixed precipitation and mountain snow is forecast to impact the region Tuesday into Wednesday. Monitor the forecast as details are likely to change.

Attorney General Knudsen Reminds Montanans to Protect Genetic Data Following DNA Testing Company’s Bankruptcy Announcement

The Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness is one of the wilderness areas in Montana that has been made possible by the Wilderness Act of 1964. Credit: Amanda Eggert / MTFP

Bill to Support Utah in ‘Landmark Public Land Lawsuit’ Receives Hearing

Bill That Would Sell Isolated State Land to Neighboring Landowners Nears Gianforte’s Desk

As Measles Outbreaks Loom, Montana Lawmakers Work to Regain Data on Immunizations

For the Benefit and Enjoyment of the Billionaires

Montana Legislators Scrutinize Budget, Strategize, in Face of Federal Appetite for Cuts

Montana House District 55 Legislative Update

A view of the Ten Lakes Wilderness Study Area in northwest Montana. (Micah Drew/ Daily Montanan)

Resolution Seeks to Release Thousands of Acres of Wilderness Study Areas from Preservaion

Legislative Committee Supports Yet Another Version of Partisan Judicial Elections

Without Fanfare, Gianforte Signs Bill to Continue Medicaid Expansion Program

Montana’s Small Pharmacies Behind Bill to Corral Pharmacy Benefit Managers

Judges Question Treatment of Knudsen in Disciplinary Case

EMILYs List Sets Ambitious Course to Flip U.S. House in 2026

Montana Has a Health Care Workforce Shortage; These Bills Aim to Address It

Gianforte Pitches Further Business Equipment Tax Reduction

Trump Halts Historic Orphaned Well-Plugging Program

Montana Senate Can’t Muster Enough Votes to Punish Former President Ellsworth

Somers Beach State Park on Flathead Lake. (Provided by Montana FWP for the Daily Montanan)

Resolution seeks ‘fair treatment’ of Flathead Lake recreation

Gianforte Signs Bathroom, Trans Athlete Restrictions into Law

‘Personhood’ Amendment Advances, Despite Abortion Rights Initiative

Citizen Grand Jury Bill Fails on House Floor

Cattle Committee Bill Gets Robust Hearing in Senate Agricultural Committee

Passenger train cars roll by in Missoula. (Keila Szpaller / Daily Montanan)

Effort to Bring Increased Passenger Rail Could Get Boost Under New Bill

Auditor Clears Regier of All ‘Waste, Fraud and Abuse’ Allegations

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Visits Helena to Push for Balanced Federal Budget

Artwork for The Russell was on display at the C.M. Russell Museum for a month prior to the auction. The longtime practice gives the public, and potential buyers, the chance to inspect the works. Credit: Matt Hudson / MTFP

Running a Storied Auction in Russell Country

One of the guard towers that dotted the Heart Mountain camp in Wyoming. In the distance, a brick smokestack can be seen. It is one of the few other parts of the camp that still remain. It was part of the hospital and infirmiry there. (Photo by Darrell Ehrlick of the Daily Montanan)

As the President Invokes Alien Enemies Act, a Museum is Dedicated to Sharing the Stories

Appropriators in Congress Issue Warning to White House Budget Office

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to Slash 10,000 Jobs, Close Five Regional Offices

'Signalgate' Group Chat Revealed Precise Attack Timeline, Surveillance of Target

Chairman, Top Democrat on U.S. Senate Armed Services Ask for Probe into Signalgate

Looming X-Date for U.S. Default on the Debt Projected to Arrive This Summer

U.S. Supreme Court in 7-2 Ruling Upholds Biden Administration Regulation on Ghost Guns

Trump Signs Broad Elections Order Requiring Proof of Citizenship

Bipartisan U.S. House Duo Seeks to Upgrade FEMA to Cabinet Membership

Sandhill cranes in flight over Carbon County field March 2027 (credit Denise Rivette)