As feds slash funding, Montana begins to wrestle with impact
Food assistance, arts and programs to help crime victims will likely need more state funding support to continue| Daily Montanan
When it comes to lawmaking, legislative sessions tend to get all the attention. During session, lawmakers hear testimony, meet in committee, and iron out the details of bills before (if […] The post October Legislative Days Recap appeared first on Oregon Environmental Council.| Oregon Environmental Council
A new Montana law requiring a voter’s birth year has led to county election officials rejecting an abnormal number of ballots for this year’s local elections. Ballots sent to Montana voters this election year look a little different than in years past. Underneath the ballot envelope’s signature line are four rectangles, with instructions to fill in a […]| Daily Montanan
Food assistance, arts and programs to help crime victims will likely need more state funding support to continue| Daily Montanan
Early voting begins on Saturday The post N.J. turnout at 7% with almost 425,000 ballots cast appeared first on New Jersey Globe.| New Jersey Globe
Following House Bill 913, Yellowstone County officially has two new judges. Gov. Greg Gianforte appointed Seth Cunningham and Edward Zink to serve on the Thirteenth Judicial District in Yellowstone County, the Governor’s Office announced Monday in a news release. HB 913 increased the number of judges in that county from eight to 10. The Governor’s […]| Daily Montanan
Blaming 1970s infrastructure that apparently has not been properly maintained, the Montana Department of Corrections presented the beginning of a plan to permanently address water issues at the Montana State Prison. In a late Wednesday news release, the department said it would “begin installing new, modern and permanent water infrastructure” with a $21 million appropriation […]| Daily Montanan
Gov. Greg Gianforte ceremonially signed two fire-related bills from Rep. Llew Jones, R-Conrad, on Wednesday, which also ended his annual tour of all 56 Montana counties. Gianforte signed House Bill 127, which increases funding in the state’s fire suppression fund. It also mandates the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation submit a report on expenditures […]| Daily Montanan
The Montana Department of Commerce is set to divvy out $300,000 in agritourism grant funding following the passage of legislation this session. The agency is taking applications for the program until Oct. 23 and it’s the second cycle of funding for agritourism in the state, commerce spokesperson Mitch Staley wrote in an email. The funding […]| Daily Montanan
BOZEMAN – In what felt at times like a solemn church service and others a rock concert celebrating conservatism, Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte and Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy took the stage Tuesday night at Turning Point USA’s event on Montana State’s campus in Bozeman. The organization’s founder, Charlie Kirk, was killed last month during […]| Daily Montanan
The Montana Legislature grappled with a lot of technological innovation during the 2025 session including determining how to regulate the growing digital economy and this month has seen the launch of new laws and committees focused on the digital space. One new law, the Financial Freedom and Innovation Act, took effect in October, paving the […]| Daily Montanan
Montana’s Department of Environmental Quality is seeking public input on how state agencies collect and analyze greenhouse gas emissions during environmental reviews. The effort comes out of Senate Bill 221, which directed the Department of Environmental Quality to develop new guidance on greenhouse gas emission assessments in a way that prevents industry and development from […]| Daily Montanan
The Montana Department of Transportation is beginning a federally-mandated process of updating its freight plan, a report that includes transportation statistics and looks at shipping problem areas. It’s a good resource for understanding the goals and strategies the state has in place to address freight issues, said Heather Kuklo, a planner with MDT who works […]| Daily Montanan
TWIN BRIDGES – Brian Wheeler has spent a fair bit of the last six years wearing waders in the middle of the Big Hole River documenting river conditions and collecting samples of macroinvertebrates. Put simply, the river guide and conservationist has spent a lot of time scrubbing rocks and collecting bugs in small sections of […]| Daily Montanan
The elected vice chairperson for the Montana Democratic Party resigned his post just days after taking office following remarks critical of former U.S. Sen. Jon Tester. This weekend at their state convention, Montana Democrats elected new executive leadership, including Shannon O’Brien as chairperson and Max Johansen as vice chairperson. O’Brien pledged a fresh start for […]| Daily Montanan
Key Points: Lawmakers approve special audit of Tolleson Union High School District Audit follows questionable financial decisions and leadership concerns State agency has 15 months to complete audit Lawmakers are […]| Arizona Capitol Times
A new law aiming to save water through the sale of Arizona’s farmlands to housing developers has marked a new era of urbanization across Arizona.| Arizona Capitol Times | Your Inside Source for Arizona Government, Politics a...
Three vacant seats and months without meetings have stalled the panel, despite its legal duty to oversee the implementation of the Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation and Resilience Plan.| Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
By Melissa Davlin, Idaho Reports When the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare announced a 4% reduction in Medicaid reimbursement rates, Robert Vande Merwe’s first reaction was, “This is going to devastate Idaho.” The Aug. 22nd letter from DHW director Juliet Charron cited rising Medicaid costs, and said the reimbursement changes will go into place […]| Idaho Reports
By Melissa Davlin, Idaho Reports The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare has notified Medicaid providers that the state will reduce reimbursement rates by 4%, effective Sept. 1. The reductions will affect all provider types and services, except for payments to Indian Health Services and other tribal clinics, said IDHW Director Juliet Charron in a […]| Idaho Reports
The New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association has endorsed incumbents in the most competitive legislative races, with support of the state’s| New Jersey Globe
As lawmakers weigh courts’ decisions on accessing public land, an advocacy group suggests revisions to a draft bill.| WyoFile
Former President Donald Trump is seeking to shame Republicans who are disloyal to him. He's doing so by distorting the Constitution’s meaning as he asserts widespread voter fraud and a stolen election.| AP News
Local election officials recommended a series of changes to state election laws Friday aimed at restoring public trust in the voting process.| The Georgia Sun
The Idaho Freedom Index (IFI) is an objective measure of how well legislators vote according to the principles of freedom and limited government. The index calculates the percentage of times each legislator votes for legislation with positive ratings and votes against legislation with negative ratings. We rate legislation on a strict, objective set of standards, […]| Idaho Freedom
If it hasn’t occurred to you yet that reining in government spending is probably the single most important policy objective (after sealing our borders from invasion) for conservatives, it should. We all experienced how the excessive spending under the Biden Administration ignited inflation and drove the federal debt over $36 trillion. Is it just a […]| Idaho Freedom
The cartoonist imagines Colorado receiving a 149th birthday card it didn't expect — or particularly appreciate.| The Colorado Sun
By Ruth Brown, Idaho Reports The Idaho State Public Defender’s Office has adopted a policy on minimum qualifications to be a capital qualified death penalty attorney, after a change in state law may increase the number of death penalty cases in Idaho. Prior to the transition to the statewide system, the state followed the […]| Idaho Reports
Tennessee is not tracking how many of its new education vouchers to attend private schools go to students already in private schools as opposed to those in public schools. It stands alone among states in preventing that information from reaching the public and keeps hidden an important policy outcome in the program. Tennessee Coalition for Open Government| Tennessee Coalition for Open Government
Please contact your subcommittee senator (Senator Jeff Merkley) by Sunday, June 22. Communicate the positive impact that federal arts funding has in Oregon—including support for the Oregon Arts Commission—and describe how sustaining the NEA will be beneficial.| Cultural Advocacy Coalition of Oregon
by Idaho Reports staff Despite multiple reports of issues with the original law and a Senate attempt to fix those problems, the House declined to amend the Idaho Parental Rights Act during the 2025 legislative session. That means medical providers must wait at least another year until they get clarity on how they can treat […]| Idaho Reports
TCOG released today its 2025 Legislative Report that examines 18 new laws related to the Tennessee Open Meetings and Public Records acts. You can view all past annual legislative reports on our Legislative Reports and Research page. For the record, the 114th General Assembly in 2025 created more exemptions to the Open| Tennessee Coalition for Open Government
by Ruth Brown, Idaho Reports The Idaho Department of Correction has put a pause on| Idaho Reports
Earlier this month, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the 2026-2027 Transportation Budget into law, concluding […]| Washington Bikes
Private forest landowners in Washington state are proud of their contributions to the local, rural communities where they operate. In addition to protecting watersheds, providing habitat for fish and wildlife, and providing well-paying rural jobs, private landowners offer hundreds of thousands of acres of open land for public recreation. Private forestlands provide access to hunting, fishing, birding, hiking, biking, horseback ... Read More The post Lawmakers provide tools to help forest land...| Washington Forest Protection Association
House of Representatives Committee on Culture and Arts Informational Briefing Date: Thursday May 22, 2025 Time: 10:00 a.m. Place: Conference Room 309, Hawaiʻi State Capitol. Videoconference on YouTube.| State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
Photo: Kāhuli Leo Leʻa May Day 2025 celebration of Kumu Hula Robert Cazimero’s legacy with Hālau Nā Kamalei O Līlīlehua. Photo credit: ʻŌiwi TV. The Hawaiʻi State Legislature’s 2025 Grant-in-Aid (GIA)…| State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
Photo: arts advocates holding signs at the 2025 Art at the Capitol event. The Hawaiʻi Arts Alliance is a nonprofit arts advocacy organization. Subscribe to Hawaiʻi Arts Alliance email news for Action…| State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
By Ruth Brown, Idaho Reports Earlier this year, Idaho Legislators passed a bill to allow| Idaho Reports
An advisory board that could oversee the Memphis Shelby County School Board, including influence over removing school board members, would be given an exemption to the Open Meetings Act under the Senate version of a bill that will be voted upon today. Sen. Brent Taylor, R-Memphis, is sponsoring SB714 that would allow the state to| Tennessee Coalition for Open Government
Commercial Code Division 10, Chapter 4 deals with the performance of leased contracts, including those repudiated, substituted, and excused for purposes of personal property leases.| California Globe
Georgia lawmakers will be focusing this summer and fall on some unfinished business left over from this year’s General Assembly session.| The Georgia Sun
by Kyle Pfannenstiel, Idaho Capital Sun Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Monday issued a line-item veto on a bill to retain the governor’s emergency fund. House Bill 482, passed nearly unanimously by the Idaho Legislature, would have eliminated the balance of the governor’s emergency fund. In recent years, Little has used the emergency fund to support […]| Idaho Reports
Among the abandoned bills were several that had seemed to be a priority for Republican lawmakers. They had devoted many hours of hearings to them, to the| The Georgia Sun
Controversial legislation banning transgender student athletes from participating in female sports in Georgia cleared the Republican-controlled state House of| The Georgia Sun
The Georgia House of Representatives passed legislation Friday aimed at a gun ordinance the Savannah City Council passed last year.| The Georgia Sun
by Kyle Pfannenstiel, Idaho Capital Sun As the Idaho Legislature ended the 2025 legislative session on Friday, lawmakers quickly passed a reworked version of a so-called medical freedom bill. Senate Bill 1210 is the Legislature’s response to a similar bill Gov. Brad Little vetoed Saturday. The new bill still pursues a similarly broad medical mandate ban, which would […]| Idaho Reports
by Logan Finney, Idaho Reports The Senate has passed a bill to revise property tax exemptions for nonprofit hospitals. Senate Majority Caucus Chairman Ben Toews described the bill as “a collaborative effort between the Idaho Association of Counties and the Idaho Hospital Association.” It tightens the general definition of hospital while specifically designating critical access […]| Idaho Reports
The GOP head of the Arizona Freedom Caucus is advancing legislation that would bar fellow Republican Karrin Taylor Robson from becoming the next governor.| Arizona Capitol Times | Your Inside Source for Arizona Government, Politics a...
by Kyle Pfannenstiel, Idaho Capital Sun The Idaho House of Representatives on Tuesday narrowly passed a bill to let Idahoans have digital identification cards. House Bill 78, sponsored by Rep. Stephanie Mickelsen, R-Idaho Falls, would allow the Idaho Transportation Department to issue electronic driver’s licenses and ID cards that people could access on their mobile phone’s […]| Idaho Reports
By Ruth Brown, Idaho Reports The Idaho Senate approved Wednesday a bill to allow Idahoans| Idaho Reports
by Kyle Pfannenstiel, Idaho Capital Sun The Idaho House of Representatives widely passed a bill| Idaho Reports
by Ryan Suppe, Idaho Education News Gov. Brad Little signed House Bill 93 Thursday, codifying| Idaho Reports
by Kyle Pfannenstiel, Idaho Capital Sun A bill to clarify Idaho coroners’ roles in death| Idaho Reports
By Ruth Brown, Idaho Reports The Idaho House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that would raise the maximum age at which children can remain in extended foster care to 23. The extended foster care program helps prevent youth from becoming homeless and losing support immediately when they hit age 18. In 2021, the state […]| Idaho Reports
by Kyle Pfannenstiel, Idaho Capital Sun An Idaho government agency that helps people with disabilities| Idaho Reports
by Clark Corbin, Idaho Capital Sun The Idaho Legislature’s House Revenue and Taxation Committee introduced| Idaho Reports
By Ruth Brown, Idaho Reports The Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee voted on Wednesday to| Idaho Reports
by Ryan Suppe, Idaho Education News The Senate Wednesday narrowly approved a plan to spend| Idaho Reports
by Ryan Suppe, Idaho Education News A Democrat cast a surprising swing vote Monday to| Idaho Reports
by Kelcie Moseley-Morris, Idaho Capital Sun The group organizing a 2026 ballot initiative to restore| Idaho Reports
The big education news from this year’s State of the State address was Gov. Brad| Idaho Reports
by Logan Finney, Idaho Reports The two chambers of the Idaho Legislature often butt heads| Idaho Reports
By Ruth Brown, Idaho Reports The state’s new Health and Social Services Ombudsman, Trevor Sparrow,| Idaho Reports
Starting in 2025 Manitoba will restrict the sale of machetes throughout the province. Will this lead to a national knife ban?| C2C Journal
By Ruth Brown, Idaho Reports The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare needs an additional| Idaho Reports
by Kevin Richert, Idaho Education News (UPDATED, 3:56 p.m., with comment from Mountain West Conference.)| Idaho Reports
An Idaho Baby’s Unexplained Death Got No Autopsy and a Scant Coroner’s Investigation. State Law| Idaho Reports
By Ruth Brown, Idaho Reports Fourth Judicial District Judge Jason Scott heard opening arguments and| Idaho Reports
We'll bring you updates on the four competitive legislative districts, as well as Proposition One.| Idaho Reports
By Ruth Brown, Idaho Reports The Idaho Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in an appeal| Idaho Reports
By Ruth Brown, Idaho Reports The Idaho Commission of Pardons and Parole denied a request| Idaho Reports
By Ruth Brown, Idaho Reports The Idaho Department of Correction announced Tuesday that future executions| Idaho Reports
By Ruth Brown, Idaho Reports The State Public Defender’s Office reports only a small number| Idaho Reports
By Ruth Brown, Idaho Reports Public defenders can’t walk away from cases without a judge’s| Idaho Reports
By Ruth Brown, Idaho Reports When Neil Price returned to the Ada County Public Defender’s| Idaho Reports
by Mia Maldonado, Idaho Capital SunAugust 28, 2024 Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed an executive order Wednesday aimed to oppose changes to the Biden administration’s final rule for Title IX. The final rule took effect this month, but Idaho is one of 26 states where state officials sued the Biden administration over the Title IX […]| Idaho Reports
The Idaho Supreme Court declined to rule on whether steps taken by the Legislature to block the property sale violate the state constitution.| Idaho Reports
By Ruth Brown, Idaho Reports The Idaho Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed Attorney General Raúl| Idaho Reports
By Ruth Brown, Idaho Reports Four years ago, Idaho had 17 locations where victims could| Idaho Reports
By Ruth Brown, Idaho Reports A parental rights bill intended to prohibit medical procedures on| Idaho Reports
Reversal came after receiving a letter from Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, clarifying the state’s 2022 law banning so-called divisive concepts in the classroom, exempts AP, international baccalaureate and dual enrollment classes.| The Current
The University of Missouri will eliminate its division focused on diversity, social equity and inclusion on the Columbia campus.| Missouri Independent
by Kevin Richert, Idaho Education News | July 25, 2024 An eastern Idaho school district| Idaho Reports
by Mia Maldonado, Idaho Capital Sun | July 25, 2024 A group of lawyers on| Idaho Reports
by Kyle Pfannenstiel, Idaho Capital Sun | July 24, 2024 Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador| Idaho Reports
Lt. Governor Mike Kehoe. He has all the money, his 2nd quarter report was the Mona Lisa of fundraising reports.| The Missouri Times
By Ruth Brown, Idaho Reports More than 200 volunteers with the Idaho for Open Primaries Coalition delivered more than 97,000 signatures to the Idaho Secretary of State’s Office on Tuesday, crossing yet another hurdle in the coalition’s plan to get an election initiative on the November ballot. “This is what democracy looks like,” supporters chanted. […]| Idaho Reports
"We agree with Alito that the case should have been decided, so of course we’re disappointed," said Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador.| Idaho Reports
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by Logan Finney, Idaho Reports The state is poised to amend its arguments submitted by Attorney General Raúl Labrador in a high-profile lawsuit over a controversial state property sale on the edge of downtown Boise. The Idaho Transportation Department vacated its historic Boise headquarters in January 2022, in a move that was accelerated after a […]| Idaho Reports
By Ruth Brown, Melissa Davlin, and Logan Finney There are dozens of hot legislative primaries in Idaho on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. With so much media attention on races in the Treasure Valley, the Idaho Reports team wanted to take a look at competitions outside Canyon and Ada Counties. That’s not to say we won’t […]| Idaho Reports
by Logan Finney, Idaho Reports The Larsen-Sant Public Library in Preston will temporarily restrict public access to its building starting Monday in response to a new law that opens libraries to lawsuits if minors access inappropriate content on the shelves. “In order to comply with House Bill 710 we are closing the library to the […]| Idaho Reports
This story was updated at 4:15 p.m. By Ruth Brown, Idaho Reports The administrator of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation said the division’s budgeting issues may lead to waitlists for services and programs for Idahoans with disabilities, as well as administrative problems for councils and commissions that receive funding through the division. During an Idaho […]| Idaho Reports
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