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Conservative think tank promotes revising Montana’s Constitution, as protesters object

A discussion about whether Montana’s Constitution should be changed drew protests Tuesday night outside a Helena hotel. Dozens of opponents of changing the Constitution blew whistles and banged on pots along North California Street outside the Delta Hotel. Inside, Montana’s governor and other conservatives listened to a presentation

Supreme Court blocks ICE contractor immunity appeal

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, ruled that prison contractors cannot immediately appeal a trial court's decision, despite several claims to federal immunity. The case, Geo Group Inc. v. Menocal, focused on a prison in Colorado that contracted with U.S. Immigration

Missoula judge sidelines new law that ‘interferes with students’ right to vote’

A Missoula judge recently stalled a new voting reform law from going into effect while the case between the state and a University of Montana-affiliated nonprofit unfolds, writing that the new statute “interferes with students’ right to vote.” Roughly nine months after Montana Public Interest Research Group (MontPIRG) filed

Report: Patchwork state food laws could raise grocery prices 12% nationwide

(The Center Square) – Differing state laws banning certain food ingredients or requiring new warning labels could raise grocery prices by about 12% in affected states and, potentially, nationwide if similar proposals spread, a new economic analysis warns. Americans for Ingredient Transparency commissioned the report, and Policy Navigation Group conducted the

Bozeman man pleads guilty to child pornography receipt after Cybertips lead to his arrest

Bozeman man pleads guilty to child pornography receipt after Cybertips lead to his arrest

BOZEMAN, Mont. – A 24-year-old Bozeman man pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography on Tuesday, over a year-and-a-half after Cybertips prompted an investigation into his account. The suspect originally faced 34 charges of possessing child pornography and one count of receiving it after Bozeman police

Bozeman man pleads guilty to child pornography charges

MISSOULA — A Bozeman man accused of trading and uploading child pornography admitted to charges yesterday, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said Wednesday. The defendant, Jaden Douglas Batson, 24, pleaded guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography. Batson faces a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of five years, a

A 12-year-old girl was raped. A lawyer says it took Montana CPS 6 months to contact police.

A 12-year-old girl was raped. A lawyer says it took Montana CPS 6 months to contact police.

Throughout a two-week civil trial in Butte, an attorney cast Montana’s child protection agency as so buried in its own bureaucracy, it failed for six months to do the simplest thing: call the cops about a child rape. Because of that, Lawrence Henke said, a 12-year-old