Three laws passed by the Montana Legislature are being challenged in court for their potential to suppress youth voter turnout by youth civics groups which filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to stop them from being enforced before the Montana primary June 7th. Rylee Sommers-Flanagan who heads Upper Seven Law and represents them calls ...
Local Businesses Worry Wolf Hunting Is Affecting Their Business
30 businesses near Yellowstone National Park are raising concerns about the hunting of wolves emerging from the park setting off bells for wildlife-related businesses in the region. They have writing to Interior Secretary Deb Halland to return endangered-species protections to gray wolves. Cary McGary is owner and lead guide for In Our Nature ...
Whitefish Skier To Compete In Winter Olympics
Whitefish native Maggie Voisin is gearing up to head to Beijing for her third trip to the winter Olympics on the U.S. freestyle ski team. Doug Kelly is the Chief Executive Officer for the American Edge Project which advocates for American innovation and prosperity and recently revealed on Voices of Montana that this year’s Olympians are going ...
Yellowstone National Park Posts Record Visitation In 2021
Yellowstone National Park hosted 4,860,537 recreation visits in 2021 up 28% from 2020 making it the busiest year on record. July was the most visited month on record and was the first time that visitation exceeded 1 million visits in a single month. In 2021 visitation for May, June, July, August and September were the busiest on record. https:...
Tax Assistance Available To Rural Montanans
It’s tax season and free aid is available to many Montanans. Chastity Roofner directs Rural Dynamics’ Tax Help Montana program which helps older folks and families with low-to-moderate incomes. She says this year there are a number of changes including expansion of the earned income tax credit. People can use past income if their wages h...
Signature Campaign For Constitutional Initiative Halted By Lewis & Clark Court
Volunteers started collecting signatures earlier this month hoping to place Constitutional Initiative 121 on the ballot in November which would slow the rate of growing residential property taxes. Legislators decided to postpone a vote on the proposal last week while a court battle plays out is Lewis and Clark County District Court. Judge Mich...