2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (470+ words) (Missoula Current) America’s national parks are in crisis and the Trump administration needs to quickly change course in order to prevent irreversible damage, according to national park leaders. Last week, 20 retired national park superintendents and commissioners sent a letter to…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (869+ words) (Daily Montanan) A draft bill to protect power customers from paying for data center costs advanced Wednesday with a unanimous vote — but with criticism from NorthWestern Energy, the state’s largest public utility. Sen. Daniel Zolnikov, chairman of the Energy and…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (670+ words) (Oregon Capital Chronicle) Supporters of campaign contribution limits and transparency who have long been stymied at the Oregon Legislature will look to voters to block businesses, unions and other organizations from spending to influence elections. The Hawaii law, 2026 Montana ballot…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (524+ words) OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — Several state attorneys general on Wednesday sued the Trump Administration over what they call unlawful and immoral changes to the Endangered Species Act. “They are wrong on the merits, the morals and the law,” Washington state Attorney…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (399+ words) (Colorado Newsline) Two environmental groups sued the Trump administration Tuesday, alleging the Bureau of Land Management violated federal law when it leased more than 134,000 acres of public lands in Colorado for oil and gas drilling earlier this year. In their…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (591+ words) (Missoula Current) When it comes to transportation policies, opinions on what should take priority often generates a wide range of thoughts, and the city is now trying to thread that needle as it updates its complete streets policy and how…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (506+ words) Unfortunately, the U.S. Department of Agriculture wants to mess with your favorite backcountry destinations, and worse. For 25 years, the Roadless Area Conservation Rule has quietly protected some of the most important public lands in the country—including 10 million acres in Montana…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (659+ words) WASHINGTON (CN) — The House last week torpedoed a longshot effort by Republicans to advance a constitutional amendment capping the number of justices who can serve at one time on the U.S. Supreme Court. The push to amend the country’s founding…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (619+ words) (Stateline) Labor union membership continues to climb in the United States, though the increase remains sharply divided by the politics of individual states. Last year, the nation added more than 411,000 union members — the largest annual growth since 2008, according to a…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (344+ words) Trump’s idea of eliminating the 21-year-old Roadless Rule to allow road building and timber harvesting in the nation’s forests is a lot like his pipe dream of freeing up Venezuela’s vast petroleum resources for development. It’s wishful thinking. More accurately,…...