MIN Weekly News Roundup

Week ending March 2, 2025

Screenshot from End the Stigma.

End the Stigma: RLHS Senior Will Oley Produces Powerful Video

Exalted Ruler Darlene Sirrine (left) and Jason Burr at his initiation into Beartooth Elks Lodge #534 (courtesy photo)

Burr Forges Coalition Between Elks and Veterans Groups

Correction: Public Comment Sought on Highway 78 Proposed Safety Improvements South of Roscoe

Montana House District 55 Legislative Update

Montana’s Motor Vehicle Division and County Treasurer’s Offices Prepare for Office Closures in Advance of New Vehicle Titling and Registration Process

" A Hint of Warmth from a Chinook Breeze

Could This Be the End of Winter's Freeze?

But Alas, Just Like Lucy's Football

Our Optimism Will Surely Tumble and Fall,

'Cause Mother Nature Does Like to Tease."

More Than 2,500 Montanans Could Be Terminated from the Federal Government

Daines Leads Charge to Introduce Bill to Protect Montana Mining Jobs

Daines, Cortez Masto Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Protect Americans’ Access to Telehealth Services

Tester and Former National Journalist Team Up for New Podcast About News, Government, Common Ground

Bill to Connect Local Farmers, Ranchers with Food Banks Moves to House Floor

Montana Bill to State Voted Levies in Dollars, Not Mills, Gets Approval in Senate

Montana Senators Back Indigenous Peoples’ Day Legislation

House Lawmakers Greenlight Two More Wolf Management Bills

Montana House Considers Bill to Put More Sideboards on Medical Assistance in Dying

Senate Deadlocks on Bill That Would Have Helped More Seniors at the Same Cost

State Lawmakers Vote to Renew Medicaid Expansion, with One Eye on Potential Federal Budget Cuts

Montana’s Medicaid Expansion Conundrum

Summer Program to Help Montana Children with Food Cut from State Budget

University of Montana Conducting ‘Compliance Audit’ in Response to ‘Dear Colleague’ Letter

Legislative Republicans Call Out Gianforte and Set the Record Straight on Tax Relief

Eastern Montana Lawmakers Sponsor Bills Seeking to Restrict Wind Development

Second Home Tax, Other Property Tax Relief Bills Clear the House

Montana GOP ‘Strongly Rebukes’ Nine State Senators for Obstructing Republican Majority

Senate Ethics Committee Reconvenes, Schedules First Hearing on Ellsworth Ethics Allegations

Bill to Reduce Number of Montana Supreme Court Justices Dies in House

Bill Would Prevent Foreign Governments, Banks and Companies from Buying Montana Homes

NIL Bill Centered on AI Fakes Unanimously Moves Forward in Montana House

Lawmakers Look to Build Artificial Intelligence Framework for Montana

Marijuana Revenue Bill Asks Lawmakers to Choose Drug Prevention or Conservation and Recreation

Two bills targeting organized labor die at the Montana Legislature

Right-To-Work Legislation Voted Down Twice in One Day

Montana Department of Labor and Industry Mobilizes ‘Rapid Response Event’ to Address Federal Layoffs

Montana House Tables ‘Abortion Travel’ Bill That Would Have Criminalized Medical Travel

House Passes Bill Defining Residency Rules for Voting, Potentially Excluding College Students

Senate Considers Bills to Reshape Supreme Court Administration in Montana

Criminal Abortion ‘Trafficking’ Bill Gets Hearing Before First Committee

After Nearly a Decade of Fighting, Northern Cheyenne Woman Vindicated Against BIA

Montana Senate Unanimously Passes Property Tax Bill to Credit Residential Payers

Federal Judge Dismisses Montana Lawmaker’s Lawsuit Against ‘Big Tobacco’

Trump and Zelensky Cancel Rare Earths Deal After Contentious Meeting in Oval Office - The World Reacts

Opinion: How Will 'A Just and Lasting Peace' be Crafted?

How DOGE Threatens the Forest Service and Public Lands

USDA Rolls Out $1 Billion Plan to Combat Bird Flu After Egg Prices Rise

Trump Froze Out Project 2025 in His Campaign; Now Its Blueprint Is His Health Care Playbook.

State Department Axed Contracts for Refugee Services Despite Court Order, Faith Groups Say

ICE Awards $1B Contract to Private Prison Firm for Major Immigrant Detention Center

DOGE Access to Student Loan Borrowers’ Personal Data Probed by Lawmakers

That $5,000 Check from Elon Musk? Don’t Spend It Quite Yet

The President and First Lady’s Message on National Read Across America Day 2025