From The Montana Standard, see the op-ed here. In its 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder and in its July 1, 2021 decision in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, the United States Supreme Court made clear that it will not… Read More ›
Montana Legislature
Changes to Voting Laws for Montana This Year
Cascade County Clerk & Recorder Rina Fontana Moore discussed changes to voting access and processing on Tuesday evening at the Great Falls Rising gathering. Rina wanted to make folks aware at the start of the evening that when a new… Read More ›
What are the impediments to voting and how is Montana dealing with them?
Rina Fontana Moore will be our speaker at our July 20th gathering. It will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Darkhorse Hall at the Celtic Cowboy. In her words: “Rina Fontana Moore was elected to the seat of Cascade County… Read More ›
ACTION NEEDED: Four Things You Can Do NOW
For your information and involvement: The end of the session is nigh, and last week was a veritable roller coaster. We joyously said goodbye to SB 379, only to have it resurrected in HB 695. We were also blindsided by an anti-environmentalist amendment to HB… Read More ›
ACTION NEEDED NOW: SB379 Welfare Bill for NorthWestern Energy Hurts Ratepayers
From the Billings Gazette Editorial Board, reprinted in the Montana Standard There’s a horror movie being made right now for NorthWestern Energy customers. Unfortunately, it’s not a fictitious screenplay, but a documentary of impending disaster. Scene 1: A conference room… Read More ›
Women’s History Month: Mary Fields, Montana Legend
Mary Fields (circa 1832–1914), also known as Stagecoach Mary and Black Mary, was the first African-American female star-route (contract) mail carrier in the United States. She was not an employee of the United States Post Office Department, which did not… Read More ›
YES on HB 646!
BY SHARON PATTON-GRIFFIN on MARCH 26, 2021 ACTION ALERT! Ask the HOUSE TAXATION COMMITTEE to vote YES on HB 646 to ASSIST COAL-IMPACTED WORKERS & COMMUNITIES, AND PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION COAL TRUST FUND. HB 646 sponsored by Helena Rep. Mary Ann Dunwell was assigned to the House Taxation Committee for 8… Read More ›
Action Alert from Helena Rising
From: Helena Rising Sent: Monday, March 22, 2021 8:48 AM Subject: [helena-rising] Weekly political action Hello everyone, It was good to see some of you at the pro-LGTBQ+ rally last Monday. As the speakers said, we can help by showing solidarity, even if… Read More ›
President of the Great Falls LGBTQ+ Center Board, Jasmine Taylor, said those that are impacted directly will be severely affected by lack of access to life-saving medical care.
‘It’s going to kill people’: Local transgender man on impact of trans youth legislation Nicole Girten, Great Falls Tribune View Comments Jacob Doah couldn’t sleep the night before his top surgery. “I was so excited to finally have this big… Read More ›
Join MT Senators Carlie Boland and Tom Jacobson this Thursday on Zoom
Tom and Carlie Want to Hear from You! Senators Carlie Boland and Tom Jacobson are willing to share an hour of their transmittal break on a Thursday 4:00 PM Zoom. They will share their impressions from the first half of the 2021 Legislature. … Read More ›
Committee sends `right to work’ bill to MT House floor
Photo by: MTN News Action Alert! Is Right to Work important for Montanans? If you believe it is, leave a message for our Cascade County Representatives by phone (406-444-4800) or by email (https://leg.mt.gov/web-messaging/ ) telling them to vote NO on… Read More ›
Save Public Radio NOW
ACTION NEEDED NOW: Save Public Radio THEY’RE LOOKING TO ELIMINATE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC RADIO. WHAT’S NEXT? HB 542 has been introduced in the Montana House of Representatives that would eliminate any state support for radio stations. As you know, state… Read More ›
ACTION NEEDED NOW: Bring COOL Back to Montana
Cascade County Sen. Tom Jacobson’s COOL bill (Country Of Origin Labeling for beef and pork in Montana), SB 210, is being heard the in Senate Agriculture, Livestock, and Irrigation Committee on 2/18/2021 at 3:00. We need YOUR help to bring COOL back to Montana! The first step is… Read More ›
Protect Our Public Lands
Montana has built its brand on outdoor access. People come from around the world to fish and float our rivers, climb our mountains, and hunt our grasslands and forests. These places continue to exist because of the foresight of those… Read More ›
GFR’s Third Thursday Brown Bag Lunch Bunch Meets 1/16/20
Join Great Falls Rising’s “Third Thursday Legislative Brown Bag Lunch Bunch” on Thursday, January 16th, at noon at the YWCA, 220 2nd St N. Filing for the November 3rd, 2020, national/state election began on January 9th. Since then, over 20… Read More ›
Medicaid Legislative Debate 3/16/19
The debate over extending Medicaid expansion in Montana took over the state Capitol on Saturday, with an all-day hearing on two bills presenting dramatically different proposals to continue the program. A rally filled the building’s rotunda, with participants calling for… Read More ›
Don’t Mess with Medicaid
Medicaid Expansion: SATURDAY HEARING AND RALLY The House Human Services committee will hear Rep. Mary Caferro’s bill to make Medicaid expansion permanent in Montana this Saturday, March 16,at 9:00 am. As you all know, Medicaid expansion has had a very… Read More ›
Please Vote NO on SB 278
MEIC asks that you tell … Senator Jacobson: Vote NO on SB 278 to Protect Montana Consumers! Overpriced EnergyWe need you to contact Senator Tom Jacobson and tell him to vote no on SB 278. Tell him people in Great… Read More ›
2/28/19 Brown Bag Lunch
Good time to share and reflect on what’s happening in our legislature. Contacts with legislators made “at the moment.” Join us Thursdays at noon at the YWCA for an hour of action!
Your Turn!
GREAT FALLS RISING Opportunity to meet with local legislators during their transmittal break: Monday, March 4th at 5:30 p.m. legislators will meet with KEY (Kids Education Yes) at the Great Falls Public Schools Administration Bldg., 1100 4th Street South. Tuesday,… Read More ›
Bill aims to make workers’ comp claims easier for Montana firefighters
Another legislative attempt to make it easier for Montana firefighters to claim workers’ compensation for diseases presumed to be incurred on the job took its first step Tuesday toward a Senate committee. U.S. Sen. Jon Tester called the proposal “critically… Read More ›
Rally for Public Lands
From our friends at the Montana Wilderness Association… There’s just under a week until the Rally for Public Lands – are you ready? Next Friday, January 11th, Montanans are coming together in Helena to celebrate and defend our public lands… Read More ›
GFR’s November Gathering: Legislators and Lobbying
The election is over!! And now is an opportunity to meet our legislators and learn how to effectively lobby them. Where: Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, corner of 3rd Ave. N. and 6th St. N. Please enter through alley (south)… Read More ›
Levy to support colleges discussed; property tax draws support, concern at Bozeman forum
ASSOCIATED PRESS BOZEMAN, Mont. – Among the candidates and issues on Montana’s November ballot is a referendum asking voters to extend for another 10 years a property tax that raises nearly $20 million a year to help support the state’s… Read More ›
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