New legislation would require elected official approval of local health board and officer actions

New legislation being considered today by Montana legislators would amend the authority of local health boards and officers to offer a new check on their orders, directives, and mandates. The legislation, House Bill 121, was proposed by Montana state representative David Bedey of Hamilton. Under the proposed legislation, governing bodies of local health authorities, such…

Montana Legislature to Consider Additional “COVID-19 Rules” for Legislative Session Tomorrow

Update: Meeting changed from Tuesday 1/12 to Thursday 1/14. The Montana State Legislature is considering new “COVID-19 rules” for the 2021 legislative session tomorrow. The Legislative Leadership COVID-19 Response Panel is considering rules that would make the legislative session 100% remote, require masks, and more. Tentative rules already adopted by the panel include temperature checks,…

Lee Enterprises’ Seaborn Larson Ties Montana Republicans to U.S. Capitol Violence

In an article for the Independent Record titled, “Claims that led to D.C. insurrection echoed in MT”, Seaborn Larson, State news bureau reporter for Lee Enterprises (recently promoted from the Missoulian), attempted to tie several Montana politicians and their associates with the violence perpetrated at the U.S. Capitol last Wednesday. The FBI has not completed…

PHOTOS: #StopTheSteal MAGA Rally at Missoula County Courthouse

On January 6th, Missoula County conservatives and supporters of President Donald J. Trump gathered outside the Missoula County Courthouse to show their support. Due to the well-documented, but rarely reported evidence of voter and election fraud, many Missoula County Trump supporters contend that the election was stolen from the President. Thousands of affidavits submitted by…