The Latest Breaking News from Montana

Montana woman given temporary hunting ban after skinning ‘wolf’ which turned out to be domesticated husky

Amber Rose Barnes pleads no contest to misdemeanor animal cruelty charge

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2023

The last state enacts new state legislative boundaries

Welcome to the Monday, February 27, Brew. 

Ballotpedia · Feb 27, 2023

Montana becomes last state to enact legislative districting boundaries after the 2020 census

Montana enacted new legislative district boundaries on Feb. 22 when the Montana Districting & Apportionment Commission submitted its final plan to the secretary of state. The maps will take effect for Montana’s 2024 state legislative elections.

Ballotpedia · Feb 24, 2023

Democratic Sen. Jon Tester to run for 4th term in Montana

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester of Montana says he’ll seek reelection to a fourth term in 2024

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

Bent track a factor in Montana Amtrak crash that killed 3

Investigators probing a fatal 2021 Amtrak train derailment in Montana say the track had been bent along a curve near the accident site and the problem had been getting worse as freight trains traveled over it before the derailment

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

Busy Week Ahead For The West Will Feature Snow, Wind And Brisk Conditions

 An active pattern is intensifying across the Western United States, having the potential to bring heavy snow

Zenger · Feb 20, 2023

Republican lawmakers shy away from changing Montana’s constitutional right to abortion

Republican lawmakers in Montana wield a supermajority that gives them the power to ask voters to approve a constitutional amendment that would break the link between abortion rights and the right to privacy in the state’s constitution.

Tribune News Service · Feb 19, 2023

Montana lawmaker: There's a religious right to abortion

Abortion rights groups are challenging abortion bans in some states by arguing the bans — supported by religious principles — violate the religious rights of people with different beliefs

The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2023

Current presidential candidate field a quarter of the size of 2020’s at this point last cycle

Former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (R) announced on Feb. 14 that she was running for president of the United States. In a video, she said, “It’s time for a new generation of leadership to rediscover fiscal responsibility, secure our border, and strengthen our country, our pride,…

Ballotpedia · Feb 17, 2023

Chinese satellite fires green laser beams over Hawaii as tensions escalate over spy balloon

Incident comes amid an escalation of tensions between China and the US – after a Chinese spy balloon was spotted over Montana earlier this month and three other ‘flying objects’ were shot down this weekend

The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2023