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Helena · HelenaThis story is adapted from Capitolized, a weekly newsletter featuring expert reporting, analysis and insight from the reporters and editors of Montana Free Press. Want to see Capitolized in your inbox every Thursday? Sign up here. A recording obtained and published by the Daily Montanan this week appears to feature Attorney General Austin Knudsen telling supporters at a May 11 fundraising event that he recruited his primary challenger in an eff…See the Story
Attorney General Knudsen accused of soliciting ghost competitor for campaign finance purposes
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Donald Trump · HelenaAt a late-April Republican fundraiser in Missoula, Montana candidates and Donald Trump’s campaign surrogates repeatedly pulled from a grab-bag of provocative right-wing talking points, bringing the audience of about 300 dyed-in-the-wool conservatives to its feet. Event headliners including the former president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy and western Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke took turns drawing applause a…See the Story
Why Gianforte’s reelection bid has drawn a challenge from the right
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Helena · HelenaMontana primary ballots up for consideration this year will offer voters a unique opportunity to audit the structures and powers of their city and county governments. This local government review appears as a “study commission question” toward the end of ballot forms. Most urban voters will see two entries — one for city and one for county governments. Set forth in the Montana Constitution, this voter-initiated review is offered every 10 years i…See the Story
June primary ballots give voters a chance to re-think their local government structures
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Helena · HelenaThe Helena School Board of Trustees voted unanimously Tuesday night not to renew the contracts of 52 non-tenured teachers, drawing concerns from both parents and educators. This year, the number of teachers who were “pink-slipped” doubled from last year’s 26 – just one of the outcomes of the school’s budget strains and the failure of levies last week, according to Karen Ogden, the district’s communications officer. Although it’s common for schoo…See the Story
Helena school district cuts more than 50 non-tenured teachers due to budget strains
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Firefighters · HelenaLast weekend, Andy Drobeck filled out his primary election ballot more carefully than ever before. Drobeck, president of the Missoula firefighters union, said he was nervous to see the fire department’s levy on the back side of the ballot. “I was thinking to myself, ‘It would suck if this failed because people don’t flip their ballots over,’” he said. “It wouldn’t just not be a step forward, it would be a step backward as well.” The 34-mill l…See the Story
Missoula taxpayers asked to fund additional resources for fire department
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Helena · HelenaFor Bozeman’s Chuck Winn, taking on the city’s top executive role is a culmination of more than 40 years of work for the city. In fact, he’s the longest-serving city employee on the books. Winn was promoted from assistant city manager to interim city manager in April by commissioners who had voted unanimously to sever ties with his predecessor, Jeff Mihelich. The transition was predicated by a leaked video showing the former city manager belittl…See the Story
In the aftermath of a government scandal, Bozeman’s city manager looks to rebuild trust
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Republican Party · HelenaThe eastern congressional district candidate forum that the Yellowstone County Republicans hosted at their Lincoln Reagan Dinner in April was, by the standards of campaign-season political events, remarkable. But not because of emotional fireworks or raised voices or intra-party bickering. Those are all commonplace. What was remarkable, instead, was that in a sprawling Montana Republican Party with no shortage of internal divides, almost all of …See the Story
The GOP scrum for Montana’s second House district
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Charter Schools · HelenaA district court judge in Helena last week resolved a legal dispute between the Montana Quality Education Coalition and the state Office of Public Instruction, ending litigation over the agency’s implementation of a new public charter school law. The dismissal of the case, ordered May 10 by Lewis and Clark County District Court Judge Michael McMahon, preserves the court’s earlier injunction barring OPI from applying certain school-opening requir…See the Story
Montana judge dismisses lawsuit involving new public charter schools
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