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WEB4 days ago · Less than a year after levying a 28% increase on residential electricity customers, NorthWestern Energy is looking to recover an additional $193 million annually from its electricity and natural gas customers. Here’s what customers should know about the rate hike request that’s currently before Montana’s Public Service Commission.
Who was Tim Sheehy before he started running for Senate?
WEBDec 4, 2023 · Before Tim Sheehy was the frontrunner in Montana’s 2024 Republican primary for U.S. Senate, the ex-Navy SEAL, aerial firefighter, millionaire business owner, part-time rancher and occasional political donor was a 2004 graduate of a Minneapolis-St. Paul area private high school who grew up in a lake house outside Minnesota’s Twin Cities.
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Where Montana voted red and blue in 2022 - Montana Free Press
WEBNov 28, 2022 · Precinct-level results around Missoula in the 2022 MT-01 U.S. House election. Blue-shaded precincts were won by Democrat Monica Tranel and red-shaded ones by Republican Ryan Zinke. Credit: Eric Dietrich / MTFP. Urban and some suburban precincts in Bozeman, Missoula, Butte, Anaconda, Hamilton, Big Sky and Whitefish skewed Democratic, as did ...
Laws on Trial: Where bill challenges stand as of December 2021
WEBDec 21, 2021 · Laws on Trial: Where Montana’s bill challenges stand now. Eighteen laws passed by this year’s Montana Legislature have been swept up by litigation as left-leaning Montanans push back on conservative policy coming from a unified GOP statehouse. Here’s the status of those challenges at the end of 2021. by Eric Dietrich 12.21.2021.
How to claim your Montana tax rebates - Montana Free Press
WEBAug 15, 2023 · The department says taxpayers can apply for the 2022 property tax rebates through its online TransAction Portal or via a paper form during an application period that runs from Aug. 15, 2023, to Oct. 1, 2023. To apply through the TransAction Portal, you’ll need the following information: Your home address. Your social security number, as well ...
Gianforte signs ‘constitutional carry’ gun bill
WEBFeb 18, 2021 · HELENA — Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a major ‘constitutional carry’ bill Thursday that will let Montanans carry concealed firearms in public settings including banks and bars without a permit, in addition to limiting university system officials’ ability to restrict firearm possession on college campuses. The measure, House Bill 102, has ...
Montana's 2024 Candidates | MFTP 2024 Election Guide
WEB3 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 candidates for your voting address.
Who’s running for office in Montana’s 2024 election
WEBApr 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.
Gianforte signs state employee pay plan - Montana Free Press
WEBApr 14, 2023 · Gov. Greg Gianforte signed the bill that implements the state’s 2024-2025 employee pay plan this week, authorizing raises and bonuses for the state workforce over the next two years. The pay plan calls for either $1.50-an-hour or 4% raises, whichever is greater, for state and Montana University System employees this year and next, effective ...