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2 days ago — Montana businessman gets 2 years in prison for role in Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol. According to prosecutors, Henry Phillip “Hank” Muntzer of Dillon was involved in physical confrontations with law enforcement officers near the Senate chamber and in the Capitol Rotunda. by Associated Press 10.11.2024.
Montana's 2024 Candidates | 2024 MTFP Election Guide
3 days ago — The 2024 general election will be held Tuesday, Nov. 5. Search 2024 Montana candidates by name. This guide includes federal, state-level and legislative candidates. County commissioners and other local positions are excluded. Show only …
2023 Montana Capitol Tracker - Montana Free Press
May 10, 2024 — About the 2023 Montana Free Press Capitol Tracker. This guide is an effort to make the quantifiable aspects of the Montana Legislature more accessible to the public by compiling information about lawmakers, proposed bills and the legislative process. This is a project of Montana Free Press, a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit newsroom that aims to provide ...
Who’s running for office in Montana’s 2024 election
Apr 15, 2024 — Incumbent Gov. Greg Gianforte is a Republican in a state that supported Donald Trump over Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election by almost 17 points. Republicans swept every state office in 2020, won a legislative supermajority in 2022, and will look to hold ground — including the governorship — in 2024.
The politics and philosophy behind the race for chief justice of the ...
Dec 14, 2023 — In a race with partisan politics just out of sight, longtime federal judge Jerry Lynch is taking on Broadwater County Attorney Cory Swanson for chief justice of the Montana Supreme Court. The entrance to the Montana Supreme Court photographed Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Credit: Samuel Wilson / Bozeman Daily Chronicle.
What Supreme Court candidates are saying about the politics of …
May 29, 2024 — Two of seven seats on the high court, including the chief justice, are open in this year’s election, as incumbents Mike McGrath and Dirk Sandefur chose not to run for additional eight-year terms. As part of our 2024 Election Guide project, Montana Free Press asked the six candidates vying for the court’s two open seats how they’d ...
Buying marijuana in Montana? Here’s what you need to know.
Dec 22, 2021 — Starting Jan. 1, 2022, any adult age 21 or older can purchase marijuana and marijuana products. That includes Montana residents, residents of other American states and territories, and international travelers with valid identification. Be aware that under the Gun Control Act 1968, it is a violation of federal law to simultaneously possess ...
Montana Supreme Court strikes down abortion law requiring …
Aug 14, 2024 — The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a 2013 law requiring parental consent for minors to obtain an abortion is unconstitutional, finding the statute violates a minor’s right to privacy and equal protection. The 36-page decision authored by Justice Laurie McKinnon upheld a 2023 state district court’s decision in the matter and ...
2022 Montana election guide - Montana Free Press
June 7 Republican primary vote. Randy Pinocci. 66%. 20,585. K. Webb Galbreath. 34%. 10,472. Count reported by Montana secretary of state as of 7/19/22. Without a Democratic candidate in the race, Pinocci's victory in the June 7 primary leaves him the only candidate on the ballot for the Nov. 8 general election.
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