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Financial disclosure statements filed by a Montana Republican in his bid for Congress show $240,000 in investments in index funds with substantial holdings in Russian firms under sanctions by the U.S. government. The sanctions were put in place by the Obama administration three years ago because of Russia's annexation of Crimea.
In this March 7, 2016 file photo, Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Gianforte, left, introduces Lesley Robinson, center, as his running mate in East Helena, Mont., as Attorney Gen. Tim Fox, right, looks on.
Republican legislative leaders are breaking up Montana Gov. Steve Bullock's $157 million bonding bill for state infrastructure projects, with plans to unveil their own legislation as early as Wednesday. GOP leaders were working up to the last minute to figure out just how far into debt lawmakers within their party would be willing to put the state to pay for public works and building projects.
In 2005, Les Skramstad and Gayla Benefield carried wooden crosses for each Libby resident who died from exposure to asbestos. Skramstad died of asbestos-related disease in 2007, and Benefield and four of her five children have been diagnosed with the disease.
A Montana company has been granted a license to build a $1 billion, 400-megawatt power storage project in the central part of the state that would supplement electricity from wind turbines and other sources, according to documents released Thursday by federal regulators. The 50-year license from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission allows Absaroka Energy, of Bozeman, Montana, to construct and operate the project on a 177-acre site near the tiny town of Martinsdale, home to fewer than 100 people.
Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock and Republican challenger Greg Gianforte have spent more than a year trying to win over Montana voters, but there is one factor that will be out of their control and foremost in voters' minds on Tuesday: the race for president. Republican Donald Trump's run against Democrat Hillary Clinton has made for an unusual and uncertain election year.
With 2016 on track to become the third consecutive hottest year on record , debate moderators should be asking candidates about how they plan to address climate change -- something that rarely happened during the presidential primary debates and didn't happen in the first general election presidential debate. This election season, Media Matters is running a real-time scorecard to track how often panelists or debate moderators ask candidates in the presidential election and tightly-contested Senate and Governors' races about climate change.
Montanans For Immigrant Justice originally organized the protest after news reports that Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officials were detaining undocumented immigrants and separating children from parents. Recent news reports indicate that young children are separated from their parents and sometimes held in cages.