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Electric Vehicle Fees Jump Under MT Measure ButteNews.net The United States Postal Service will issue layoff notices to some of its workers later this month, ButteNews.net Montana gained a seat in the US House of Representatives, the census bureau reports. Montana lost a seat in 1990. ButteNews.net Optics not reality prevails in the Whitman-Biden fight over Michigans brutal COVID infection rate, the New York Times reports. April 7, 2021 As variants of the virus establish a foothold and govern...

Three of Montana’s major cities are a united front in pushing for more renewable energy sources in the state. Bozeman, Missoula and Helena are part of an effort to establish a subscriber-based green tariff program with NorthWestern Energy, which would involve the utility adding more renewable energy sources that customers big and small would be able to choose to source their electricity from for a special rate. Though the local governments are a big part of NorthWestern’s stakeholder ...