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Average Gas Price In Montana Now $4.09

AAA says gasoline prices have stabilized with WTI Crude around $108 this morning and Brent Crude about 114 a barrel. Montana’s average price for a gallon of regular gasoline hovers around $4.09. Montana and Wyoming prices have seen the largest weekly change of plus 8 cents for a gallon of regular. Earlier this week Wyoming’s average pric...

Montana State Fund Reduces Workers’ Comp Rates

The state’s largest workers’ compensation insurance company has announced a 3% average rate reduction for its policyholders and is effective for new and renewal policies on or after July 1st. With the most recent reduction, its rates are now 54.1% lower than in 2006 which was the year of the last rate increase. This is the 16th con...

Missoula County Recounts Contested Votes

Missoula County’s Republican Party spent two days and $5,000 reviewing public records finishing up Tuesday evening checking a hand-count done last year led by the Montana Election Integrity Project that insisted they uncovered a discrepancy of more than 4,500 votes compared with the official election results. Republican Secretary of State Chri...

MT GOP Feeling Confident About 2022 Midterms

All 2022 candidates for the midterm elections have been certified by Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen. State Republicans performed very well in the last election cycle and Montana GOP Vice Chairwoman Lola Sheldon-Galloway believes the party can build off the victories with their candidates.

State Lawmakers Again Exploring Special Legislative Session

A new poll of Montana lawmakers is underway to determine if a special session should take place to form and fund an investigative committee for Montana’s elections to secure their security. Representative Derek Skees one of the lawmakers pushing for it was on Voices of Montana Monday.

Little Shell Tribe Receives Hell Creek State Park

After almost 60 years of state oversight Hell Creek State Park north of Jordan in Garfield County has been officially transferred to the management of the Montana Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians. For now, the tribe is operating under the auspices of the previous lessee Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks whose lease expires in April 2023.