MIN Weekly News Roundup

Week ending May 11, 2025

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“The mother is the one supreme asset of national life; she is more important by far that the successful statesman, or businessman, or artist or scientist.”

President Theodore Roosevelt, Speech in Washington, DC. March 10, 1908

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Cool & Wet System Moving In

From the Billings office of the National Weather Service

There is potential for a significant precipitation event during the middle of this week. Details are uncertain at this time, so please monitor the forecast for updates!

Warm temperatures will bring snowmelt to area mountains resulting in strong rises to streams and creeks. While not likely at this time, minor flooding of smaller streams and creeks is possible. Use extra caution recreating on or near waterways today and early this week.

In Carbon County, All But One School District See Levies Fail in Unofficial Election Results

Montana House District 55 Legislative Update

Going-to-the-Sun Road will be open to vehicle traffic to Avalanche Campground starting Saturday, May 10. (Keila Szpaller/The Daily Montanan)

Going-to-the-Sun Road Will Open to Vehicle Traffic to Avalanche Campground

Republican or Democrat: Who Said That?

Conservatism, Liberalism and Socialism: A Quick Refresher

Jadie Butterfly,19, was killed on Dec. 28, 2024, in Browning. More than four months later, there have been no charges or arrests in her case. Credit: Provided by Chris Butterfly

On MMIP Day of Awareness, Blackfeet Father Demands Justice

At Long Last, Montana to Recognize Indigenous Peoples Day

Department of Corrections and Helena College celebrate Prison Education Program (PEP) graduates at Montana State Prison

Montana Department of Justice Warns of Increased Presence of Carfentanil in Billings

About 180 Students Under Quarantine Amid Measles Outbreak in Williams County

Senator Steve Daines, left, with Waded Cruzado, President of Montana State University, and Daines’ wife, Cindy. (Photo courtesy of Steve Daines’ office.)

Daines Honors Cruzado in Congressional Record

Montana Joins Growing List of States with Codified Protection Against Frivolous Lawsuits

A New Montana Majority Defangs the Far Right

Vehicle Registration Postcards from DOJ Confuse and Alarm Montanans

Gianforte Signs MEPA Bills Into Law

‘It’s Been 50 Years’: Bill to Update Public Transit Law Awaits Governor’s Signature

Electricity Demand in Northwest Could Double in Next 20 Years, Forecast Finds

Credit: Victoria Stauffenberg, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

‘Freedom Week’ Likely Coming to Montana Schools

Representative Troy Downing Reports on His First 100 Days in Office

Under Settlement, Montana Board of Public Ed Vows to Improve How State Teaches Native American History and Culture

Tick Season Ramps Up, Blacklegged Ticks Associated with Lyme Disease and a Malaria-Like Disease Found in Montana

February 2025 Bighorn River Waterfowl Die-Off Linked to Starvation

Here Are the Latest Estimates from Spring Trout Surveys for the Upper Jefferson River Basin

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Seeks Angler Help for Trout Research

FWP Seeks Public Comment on Stocking Private Pond with Public Access North of Columbus

GOP Majority, Governor Had Few Victories in Push to Overhaul Judicial System

Bills Originally Aimed at Protecting Montana Attorney General Failed

Judge Amy Eddy Announces Bid for Supreme Court Seat

Montana Governor Vetoes Bill That Would Phase Out Styrofoam Use in Food Industry

‘Customized Earthquakes’ Reveal How Close Magma is to Yellowstone’s Surface

Bison in the snow at the American Prairie Reserve (Photo by Dennis Lingohr. Courtesy of the American Prairie Reserve).

Florida Man Gored by Bison in Yellowstone National Park

Renter’s Relief Signed into Montana Law

The Trump budget proposes cutting $1.4 billion from U.S. Forest Service activities and research, and slashing funding for the Environmental Protection Agency by $4.2 billion, amounting to 54.2 percent of its 2025 budget. Photo by Credit: Daniel Torok / White House

Trump Budget Proposal Portends Deep Cuts to Public Lands

‘We Call It Betrayal’: Veterans Join Dems in D.C. to Protest Trump’s Sweeping VA Job Cuts

President Trump Proclaims May National Mental Health Awareness Month

Trump Asks Congress to Cut $163B in Non-Defense Spending and Axe Dozens of Programs

Trump Administration Asks to Dismiss Suit By 3 GOP States Trying to Limit Abortion Pill

States’ Nuclear Energy Growth Needs Federal Action to Follow Trump’s Vocal Support

White House Releases Message on National Nurses Day

‘Plan Extra Time at the Airport’ Without Real ID, Says Airport Official

Congressional Budget Agency Projects Sweeping Medicaid Cutbacks in States Under GOP Plans

U.S. House Panel Debates FEMA’s Role, as Trump Administration Eyes ‘Top-Down Reform’

Judge Blocks Trump Order Against Three Federal Agencies

Kennedy Center Slated for Huge Funding Increase While Local Arts Slashed Under Trump Plans

Immigration Lawyers Rush to Prevent Imminent Deportations to Libya, Saudi Arabia

FDA MedWatch: New Trend is “Gas Station Heroin” (Tianeptine)and It's Available to All Ages

White House Press Release on President's Appearance on Meet the Press