Health care facilities and individual practitioners and clinics can mandate vaccines. Friday, U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy blocked the state from enforcing Montana’s House Bill 702 passed into law in 2021. The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services requires them to ensure their staffs are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or the...
Right-To-Work Group Challenges Clean Campaign Act
A complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Missoula by Montana Citizens for Right to Work asks the court to find the state’s 2007 Clean Campaign Act unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy asked for supplemental legal briefs Tuesday afternoon following oral arguments earlier in the day in the case that could toss out a portion of ...
Canada Lynx Protections Retained By Interior Department
Under a court settlement approved Monday by U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy, the U.S. Interior Department has agreed to keep federal protections in place for the Canada lynx. It came after wildlife advocates sued to retain protections for the rare and elusive wild cats which have been listed as a threatened species since 2000. A new recovery...