How the Montana Lottery misreported millions of dollars
The Legislative Audit Division uncovered a slew of problems with the executive agency’s finances.
Zeke Lloyd
How the Montana Lottery misreported millions of dollars
The Montana Lottery miscalculated its finances by $18.5 million over the last several years, according to a recent report from the state’s Legislative Audit Division. That doesn’t mean $18.5 million is missing, but that the agency overstated and understated its accounts by that amount, the report
What the June 2 primary results tell us about politics in Montana
Now that the dust has settled on Montana’s June 2 primary election, Montana Free Press reporters have had a chance to refocus from the trees (individual candidates and races) to the forest (the big-picture political landscape). Here are our top 5 takeaways from Tuesday’s vote.
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Anaconda's newspaper shutters after run of 55 years
The Anaconda Leader, a twice-weekly newspaper that had served its community in southwest Montana for more than half a century, announced Monday that it had closed. Its demise follows a nationwide trend of local outlets struggling to stay in business.
The newspaper published its last print edition Friday, according
Montanans divided on Iran war, Trump’s job performance
Roughly 2 in 5 Montana voters believe military action against Iran makes the U.S. safer, according to a Montana Free Press-Eagleton poll of registered voters in the state.
The poll, conducted in late April and early May, found that 39% of Montanans believe the conflict has made the
Windy Boy restarts campaign for Montana’s eastern U.S. House seat
Montana State Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy has “unsuspended” his Democratic primary campaign for U.S. House representing Montana’s Eastern Congressional District, three weeks after suspending his bid amid sexual abuse allegations.
In a Wednesday afternoon text message sent to Montana Free Press reporters, Windy Boy shared a link to
No one thinks a Democrat can win Montana’s eastern U.S. House seat — except the two Democrats facing off for a chance to try
State Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy’s abrupt departure from the race for Montana’s Eastern Congressional District leaves two remaining candidates in the June 2 Democratic primary: Brian Miller and Sam Lux.
The winner will join Libertarian Patrick McCracken and possibly independent Mike Eisenhauer in challenging incumbent Republican Rep. Troy