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County ICE agreement fails amid prevailing statute

Months of protests, letters to the commissioners and a lawsuit all led up to the Tuesday morning Gallatin County Commission meeting, where the county’s controversial 287(g) agreement with ICE was put to a vote. The meeting room was packed with people opposed to the agreement, many of whom

Court won’t move climate lawsuit to eastern Montana

A district court judge ruled against an attempt by the state and Montana Speaker of the House Brandon Ler to move a climate-based lawsuit to a different venue hours away, citing a recently passed law. The controversial youth-led climate lawsuit, Held v. Montana II, was filed in Broadwater

Bankhead takes swings at Bodnar, calls for him to resign race

Alani Bankhead, running for the U.S. Senate, launched an attack Monday on the University of Montana campus against independent candidate Seth Bodnar, its former president. Bankhead, who won the Democratic nomination for Senate on June 2, argued Bodnar did not have the capacity to lead and still “deflects” responsibility

SECURE Data Act offers ‘clear, enforceable’ privacy rules, without the big money lawsuits

Republicans in Congress are attempting to move forward with a proposed new law that would for the first time create national standards for protecting privacy rights, while at the same time potentially ending an ever growing tsunami of lawsuits aimed at extracting billions of dollars from U.S. companies, often

Alani Bankhead says she's staying in the race for senate despite speculation she'd drop out

Alani Bankhead says she's staying in the race for senate despite speculation she'd drop out

MISSOULA, Mont. — Alani Bankhead, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Montana, announced at the University of Montana on Monday that she would not be dropping out of the race. Bankhead shared a vague press release over the weekend saying she had a very important announcement to make. "

Census Bureau plans 2030 count as 2020 lawsuit continues

Two complex statistical methods used in 2020 to protect privacy are at the heart of the legal challenge

California sues over construction of alleged ICE facility

Santa Clara County joins state in suing the feds; Homeland Security says it isn't planning a detention facility