With gambling addictions rising during the COVID-19 pandemic, the personal-finance website Wallet Hub today released its report on 2021’s most gambling addicted states. Wallet Hub compared the 50 states across 21 key metrics and Montana ranks 4th. Montana ranks 1st in gamblers anonymous meetings per capita. Things may be getting back to normal...
Billings City Council Discusses Ordinance For Illegal Massage Parlors
Legislation that would have required the state health department to check a significantly broader network of data when qualifying people for public assistance programs was voted down Monday evening. Senate Bill 100 would have also ended continuous eligibility for Medicaid expansion in the state. A fiscal note for the most recent version of the...
Montana Organic Medical Supply Opens Series Of Lawsuits
Montana Organic Medical Supply is suing the state Department of Health and Human Services, two of its employees, the city of Billings and a police detective. Violations were found in 2018 and the inspection report gave the medical marijuana business until September 18th to make corrections but, without any warning, the state shut it down early...
MMIW Project Completes New Tribal Response Plan
The Montana Missing Persons Clearinghouse announced the completion of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe’s pilot project to enhance the community’s response to missing and murdered indigenous persons Thursday. The Tribal Community Response Plan involved at least 10 different agencies working under one policy and is structur...