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WEB4 days ago · State lawmakers zero in on education funding, OPI spending. Montana lawmakers have trained a critical eye on funding for public schools, proposing new enhancements to the state’s education funding formula and raising concerns about the handling of federal school funds by Montana’s statewide education agency. by Alex Sakariassen 09.18.2024.
Montana's 2024 Candidates | MFTP 2024 Election Guide
WEB5 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.
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 ...
2023 Montana Capitol Tracker - Montana Free Press
WEBMay 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 ...
Recreational marijuana is now legal in Montana - Montana Free …
WEBMay 7, 2021 · Adults can possess no more than 1 ounce for personal use. Until Jan. 1, 2022, growing your own is the only legal way to acquire marijuana in Montana. It’s still illegal under federal law to bring marijuana purchased in other states into Montana. On Jan. 1, 2022, dispensaries can begin selling marijuana commercially in Montana.
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.
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 ...
Buying marijuana in Montana? Here’s what you need to know.
WEBDec 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 population growth slows - Montana Free Press
WEBJan 2, 2024 · Since the 2020 census, which counted the state’s population as of April 1, 2020, the agency estimates that Montana’s population has grown by about 48,600 residents — slightly less than the current population of Bozeman proper. Nearly all of that growth is attributable to in-migration. Since the 2020 census, the agency estimates 51,600 ...
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.