Jan 10, 2025 · PLUS: A look back at Gianforte’s legislative endorsements. January 9, 2025. A dispute involving a bipartisan group of senators upset about their committee assignments stalled the Senate’s plans to begin hearing bills this week.

4 days ago · Trump freeze on federal grant dollars spurs worries for Montana health services, Head Start programs and university research. A national freeze on federal grant dollars ordered by President Donald Trump has produced confusion and some alarm from Montana nonprofit service providers, education groups and health care centers.

Jan 29, 2025 · Montana Free Press is a free, independent news site that serves people by delivering in-depth, meaningful news stories. MTFP seeks to uncover the truth and bring to light important news stories by studying arcane bureaucratic processes, seeking out dark corners of major institutions, digging deep into data, and holding those in power accountable to the people of this great state.

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Dec 16, 2024 · Montana Free Press is a free, independent news site that serves people by delivering in-depth, meaningful news stories. MTFP seeks to uncover the truth and bring to light important news stories by studying arcane bureaucratic processes, seeking out dark corners of major institutions, digging deep into data, and holding those in power accountable to the people of this great state.

Oct 24, 2024 · Montana Free Press is a free, independent news site that serves people by delivering in-depth, meaningful news stories. MTFP seeks to uncover the truth and bring to light important news stories by studying arcane bureaucratic processes, seeking out dark corners of major institutions, digging deep into data, and holding those in power accountable to the people of this great state.

Jan 30, 2024 · Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte is defending the state health department’s actions in an active child protective case against a wave of online criticism from conservative groups, including some far-right, anti-LGBTQ social media accounts, an unusually public commentary from the state’s highest elected official about confidential child welfare proceedings.

Jan 3, 2025 · Concealing the back-channel communications between lawmakers, lobbyists and stakeholders when drafting bills amounts to the Legislature violating the state’s Constitution, a coalition of media outlets including Montana Free Press argued in court Friday.

Jan 14, 2025 · “That’s not a hypothetical, folks. This is what happened in Flathead County,” Smith said. A judicial ruling deemed particularly egregious by Senate Majority Leader Tom McGillvray, of Billings, was the March 2024 order striking down election laws passed by the Legislature in 2021.

Jan 6, 2025 · 5 Things to Know in Helena . DNRC Grant: During the last city commission meeting of 2024, commissioners accepted a $297,000 grant from the state Department of Natural Resource and Conservation to fund forest fuel reduction.The project will target a portion of the Mount Ascension Natural Park, and funding will help to complete fuel reduction of about 300 acres of forest lands within the area.