Articles with the Tag: Helena
HELENA — The Montana Supreme Court has denied a real estate tycoon’s appeal to rehear a case disputing a $12 million Flathead County ruling that resulted from construction on Shelter Island in Flathead Lake. The court on April 14 denied a petition for rehearing filed by attorneys for Don...
By Michael Wright Community News Service UM School of Journalism HELENA — Gov. Bullock handed down another veto on a tax cut bill last week. Last Thursday, shortly after the full House endorsed Medicaid expansion, Bullock’s office announced his veto of Senate Bill 200, which would hav...
HELENA – A Lake County man will continue serving a 25-year sentence, with 10 of those years suspended, for felony driving under the influence after the Montana Supreme Court refused to grant an appeal on April 7. Wayne TwoTeeth, 48, was sentenced to the Montana State Prison on Jan. 9, 2014 for...
News from the State of Montana HELENA – Montana’s unemployment rate continued its decline in February, down 0.1 percentage points to 4.3 percent. The U.S. unemployment rate decreased by 0.2 percentage points to 5.5 percent in February. Montana’s total employment levels increased by 2,...
By Michael Wright Community News Service UM School of Journalism HELENA — A Montana Senate panel put about $50 million into the state budget bill last week, after Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock said the budget crafted by House Republicans was unacceptable. The panel added about $25 million i...
By Michael Wright Community News Service UM School of Journalism HELENA — A proposal that would have allowed people to carry concealed weapons on college campuses went down on a narrow vote in the House last week. Senate Bill 143, sponsored by Sen. Cary Smith, R-Billings, failed 51-49. It w...
HELENA – The Montana Supreme Court turned down most parts of an appeal filed earlier in March by a man serving a 50-year sentence for kidnapping an 18-year-old Bigfork woman from a festival in 2006. Charles “Chuck” Devlin, 64, is ineligible for parole until 2032. He has appealed th...
HELENA — A push to blast the budget for Governor Steve Bullock’s Early Edge program through the Montana House of Representatives failed this week. Bullock wants universally affordable, high quality, early childhood education available to every Montana 4-year-old with his Early Edge program. ...
By Michael Wright Community News Service,UM School of Journalism HELENA — The statewide budget is headed to the Senate after House Republicans shot down a pile of amendments from Democrats, and in a form the governor called “irresponsible” and said he would veto. “I will not ...
ST. IGNATIUS — The check was supposed to be for $100,000. But when it was presented to Jenifer Blumberg, executive director of The Nest, the board of directors and advisors, the amount line read $325,000. They were gobsmacked. “Are you serious?” Blumberg asked. Then there wer...
