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With the rash in larger cities across the U.S. of what are termed ‘smash and grab’ thefts as stores are looted by numerous individuals while the store owner stands by helplessly, many are asking why the merchants cannot defend their property with deadly force.

With the rash in larger cities across the U.S. of what are termed ‘smash and grab’ thefts as stores are looted by numerous individuals while the store owner stands by helplessly, many are asking why the merchants cannot defend their property with deadly force.

On November 23, 2021, the Montana Supreme Court issued an almost unanimous decision in National Indemnity Company v. State of Montana, a ten-year-old coverage dispute arising from...

Bureau of Land Management Montana’s hot dry conditions are prompting counties to issue fire restrictions in an effort to prevent human caused wildfires Nine out of 10 wildfires this year have been human caused, says Kristin Sleeper, Fire Information Officer with the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. "Every Montanan is impacted by these longer more severe wildfire seasons and fire restrictions are one of many tools we have available to prevent human caused wildfire," Sleeper ...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana's Republican-controlled Legislature has withdrawn its subpoenas for the emails of Supreme Court justices and the court administrator that included state judges' opinions about a bill to allow the governor to directly fill judicial vacancies between elections.

These criteria will shape how congressional and legislative districts will be divided in Montana.

A few dozen of the 721 bills that passed the Montana Legislature this year grabbed the public’s rapt attention — hot-button social issue bills and big-dollar spending measures that prompted headlines and drew, in some cases, thousands of public comments as lawmakers wrangled over their fates. Most of the state’s new laws, however, took far quieter paths en route to the hallowed chapters of Montana Code Annotated. A tally of public comments produced by legislative staff, reflecting web and...

CARBONDALE, Illinois (AP) — Below is an analysis of public record laws in all 50...

District Court Judge Matt Wald, of Lodge Grass, has been the district court judge in the 22nd Judicial District since 2019.

Pacific Northwest Colstrip Owners take legal action over newly signed senate bill...