A storm packing snow and strong winds is expected to create hazardous travel conditions in parts of Montana and Wyoming in the days before Thanksgiving. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning through 11 tomorrow night for western and central Montana.
Health officials say chicken salad from Costco may be linked to several recent cases of food poisoning in four states, including Montana.
Just over one-third of Montana's legislators are asking Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock to use all legal means to block or resist the placement of Syrian refugees in Montana. The 55 Republicans say they are sympathetic to those impacted by the conflict in Syria, but they want to see federal refugee admission guidelines and policies strengthened.
Political Practices Commissioner Jonathan Motl today (Tuesday) formally filed the state’s new campaign-finance rules with the Secretary of State. The new rules require candidates and political committees to file their reports electronically, which will make them immediately available online in a searchable form.
A judge has ordered a Billings tobacco shop to stop operating its machines that allow customers to roll their own cigarettes.
Montana’s Commissioner of Political Practices, Jonathan Motl, says the state’s new campaign finance reporting laws give voters an unprecedented level of transparency.