'Once-in-a-generation' bill worth $900 million intensifies divisions at MT Legislature helenair.com/news/state-reg… via Victoria Eavis and Carly Graf. #mtleg #mtpol

A Venezuelan migrant with legal status was pulled over for a traffic stop in Whitefish Thursday. Less than 24 hours later he’s in ICE custody. From twitter-less (enlightened) Carly Graf: helenair.com/news/state-reg…

Not just another day in Liverpool 🤯🤯 📹 @KanwardLfc x.com/KanwardLfc/sta…

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New from Carly Graf: The Venezuelan man detained by immigration agents in Whitefish last week was released from custody in Tacoma last night without explanation. We spoke with him, his attorney and a woman who met and spoke with him in WA. helenair.com/news/state-reg… #mtpol #mtnews

A culmination of hundreds and hundreds of hours spent inside the Capitol this winter: helenair.com/news/state-reg… By me, Carly Graf and Seaborn Larson

"Your best writer, like your best quarterback, is really only as good as the team of guys who keep everything rolling." Via Jake Iverson billingsgazette.com/news/local/art…

I oppose the sale of public lands and will vote no on the motion to proceed if it is included.

Body and dash cam footage obtained by the Independent Record reveal some pretty damning comments HPD officers made during an ICE arrest they assisted with. The police chief told the paper that he is “incredibly disappointed.”

“It will devastate us,” said the studio manager for the public radio station that serves the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. 70% of their annual budget is federal $. Story on that station and bigger ones like MT PBS, Yellowstone Public Radio and Montana Public Radio here: helenair.com/news/state-reg…

A detective was accused of rape in March, and the protective order was granted in late June, but despite being on “restricted duty” his name and contact info remained on the university’s website with resources for sexual assault victims until July 15.

Scoop from Carly Graf and Victoria Eavis: Dems and even some GOP lawmakers were “stunned” by a 23-page memo from a #mtleg staffer that’s driven a wedge in the minority caucus. Then the memo hit mailboxes with a bogus return address and a note firing back at the author. #mtnews

On social media, rumors and misinformation on the Anaconda shooting ran amok. helenair.com/news/state-and…

Some brutal, brutal news for Wyoming 💔 jhnewsandguide.com/news/state/loc…

Uinta, Platte, Niobrara, Goshen and Sublette counties become "news deserts" as News Media Corp shutters eight local Wyoming newspapers with no notice. The oldest had been in print for 122 years. Thirty people lost jobs. wyofile.com/stop-the-press…