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The Montana Supreme Court issued an opinion on June 4 upholding a district court decision on the local governing board the the Cascade County City-County Health Department. The crux of the issue is a disagreement between Cascade County and the City of Great Falls on the makeup of the governing body as required by state

Cascade County taxpayers received supplemental tax bills with a letter from the county over the last week. The bills and letters stem from a dispute last year between the Montana Department of Revenue and counties over state equalization mills. The dispute went to the Montana Supreme Court, which ruled in November in favor of the

Cascade County Commissioners met with their interim election administrator during a Jan. 23 special meeting about the upcoming school elections. Commissioners planned to discuss the Great Falls Public Schools and Sun River Valley Schools, which both have elections in May. Dev Biddick, the commission appointed interim election administrator, thanked Superintendent Tom Moore and Business Operations

County Commissioners are set to meet again on Dec. 22 to continue their discussion on assuming election duties. They met Dec. 15 and decided they didn't have enough information to make decisions and said they had homework to do over the weekend. They set another meeting for Dec. 19 and didn't appear to have prepared…

In anticipation of a crowd, Cascade County has moved next week's normal commission meeting to Exhibition Hall in Montana Expo Park. The meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 12. Among other items, to include proposed rental rate increase for Expo Park, is a resolution removing election duties from the clerk and recorder's office. Commissioner Joe…

County Commissioners continued their canvass of the November municipal election during a Nov. 29 meeting. They'd started the canvass on Nov. 22, but after a five and a half hour meeting, voted to table to the decision as Commissioner Joe Briggs said they were missing information needed to reconcile the numbers. During the Nov. 29…

The Montana Supreme Court ruled Nov. 22 in favor of the state in a dispute between the Montana Department of Revenue and the counties over state education equalization mills. The Montana Department of Revenue directed counties to collect 95 mills for the statewide tax that supports public education funding. The Montana Association of Counties argued…

Cascade County officials are considering how many mills to levy for the state's education equalization fund. The Montana Department of Revenue has directed counties to collect 95 mills for the statewide tax that supports public education funding. The Montana Association of Counties has argued that the state's mills are also subject to state law which…

Jim Larson and Rae Grulkowski approved the retainment of an attorney to represent the County and Sandra Merchant in a lawsuit filed by Eliot Merja.

Jim Larson and Rae Grulkowski approved the retainment of an attorney to represent the County and Sandra Merchant in a lawsuit filed by Eliot Merja.