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SafeMontana officials present Secretary of State with thousands of disputed I-176 signatures

10 years ago   Featured, Home Featured, Montana Politics, Politics

The legal tug-of-war over the fate of an anti-marijuana voter initiative has taken an interesting twist. At issue is whether Initiative 176 received the necessary signatures to qualify for a spot on Montana’s November ballot. During a meeting in Helena Wednesday, SafeMontana founder Steve Zabawa presented Secretary of State Linda McCulloch with more than 32-hundred signatures that he claims are valid but Read More…

Judge rules that limits on medical marijuana in Montana won’t be delayed

10 years ago   Home Featured, Montana Politics, Politics

Tighter rules will take effect at the end of the month for Montana’s medical marijuana industry. Judge James Reynolds of Helena on Wednesday denied a request to delay those rules until after the November election. The new restrictions limit each medical marijuana provider to three patients. State lawmakers approved the rules in 2011, but the Montana cannabis industry Read More…

Former Grizzly helps Rams win L.A. debut

10 years ago   Home Featured, Montana Sports, Sports

LOS ANGELES – Former Montana Grizzly running back Chase Reynolds caught a 14-yard touchdown in the 3rd quarter Saturday that jump-started a Los Angeles Rams comeback win in the team’s first game in Southern California in over 21 years. The Rams, who relocated from St. Louis in the offseason, were down 24-7 to the Dallas Read More…

Hillary scrubs sexual assault pledge after allegations against Bill resurface

10 years ago   Home Featured, National Politics, Politics

The Clinton campaign has removed a pledge from its website stating that all survivors of sexual assault “have the right to be believed.” On a page dedicated to “Campus sexual assault” onHillaryClinton.com, this passage from the Democratic presidential candidate used to be prominently featured last year: “I want to send a message to every survivor Read More…

Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault arrested at Dakota Access Pipeline protest

10 years ago   Featured, Politics, Regional Politics

Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault was arrested Friday afternoon at a protest rally where the Dakota Access Pipeline is headed toward the Missouri River just north of the reservation boundary. Archambault was booked into the Morton County Jail and released on bond late afternoon. He was charged with disorderly conduct for pushing back on Read More…

One of ND’s largest oil producers posts wider loss on oil price slump

10 years ago   Business, Energy Business News, Featured, News, Regional News

HOUSTON—Continental Resources Inc., North Dakota’s second-largest oil producer, posted a quarterly loss on Wednesday that missed Wall Street’s expectations because of the slump in crude prices. The loss is an example of the difficulty facing the oil industry as it seeks to offset the period of low prices. Many companies have slashed costs to survive. Read More…

AlphaGraphics Billings Announces Top 10 Sales Award

10 years ago   Business, Featured, Montana Business News, Small Business News, , ,

At the AlphaGraphics Annual Conference in New Orleans, AlphaGraphics of Billings owners Jake Eaton and Dustin Frost were presented with the AlphaGraphics 2015 Top 10 Sales Award, recognizing the locally owned center’s annual sales volume as 10th highest among the nearly 300 AlphaGraphics business centers worldwide. AlphaGraphics of Billings, a full service print communications company, Read More…

Montana’s top political cop sued over ethics complaint

10 years ago   Home Featured, Montana Politics, Politics

Who’s watching the watcher? That’s the question a Helena attorney hopes to pose with a legal brief filed Wednesday against Montana’s chief political regulator, one that accuses Commissioner of Political Practices Jonathan Motl of unlawfully dismissing, and failing to publicly disclose, a formal ethics complaint filed against him in December. Motl — who serves as Read More…

House Benghazi Committee chairman in Montana to stump with Zinke

10 years ago   Home Featured, Montana News, Montana Politics, News, Politics

The House Benghazi Committee chairman is in Montana this week stumping for Rep. Ryan Zinke’s re-election. Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-South Carolina, is scheduled to appear with Montana’s Republican congressman at four fundraising events across the state beginning with an afternoon event in Kalispell on Tuesday. A spokeswoman for Zinke said he will talk about “national Read More…

Enviro group spending $500K to defeat Gianforte

10 years ago   Home Featured, Montana News, Montana Politics, News, Politics

A Montana-based environmental group said Monday it will spend $500,000 to help re-elect Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock and defeat his Republican rival, Greg Gianforte. The Montana Conservation Voters Action Fund, a political action committee, will use the money to fund a door-to-door canvassing effort to encourage people to sign up for absentee ballots, and to Read More…