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Money for public schools could pay for private- or home-school students’ plane tickets to study Italian — or for their chicken coops or lessons in ice skating or rodeo roping, according to plaintiffs alleging a 2023 education bill approved by the Montana Legislature is unconstitutional. This week, the Montana Quality Education Coalition and Disability Rights […] The post Bill for students with disabilities should be stopped as lawsuit unfolds, plaintiffs argue appeared first on Daily Montanan.

Laws would have restricted Election Day voting, college and university ID, ballot collection.

The Montana Supreme Court has struck down a suite of restrictive laws passed by the state's Republican-controlled Legislature in 2021, concluding that these measures unjustifiably infringed upon the fundamental right to vote as enshrined in the state's constitution. The court's comprehensive 125-page ruling dismantled the new regulations, solidifying Montana's strong stance on voting accessibility. https://youtu.be/4r6fv7ZaMN4?si=4vd9tFGoeOI7C_Sq…

In a highly anticipated ruling Wednesday, the Montana Supreme Court affirmed a lower court’s finding that four laws passed by the 2021 Legislature violate the f

The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday released a massive 125-page opinion that struck down permanently four voting laws passed by the 2021 Legislature, saying that they impermissibly got in the way of residents exercising their right to vote. The four laws, which ranged from 18-year-olds registering before Election Day to using university-issued identification, were supported […] The post Montana Supreme court rules voter restriction laws passed in ’21 unconstitutional appeared first on Daily M