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District Judge Denies Challenge To Wolf Hunting Regulations

Lewis and Clark District Court Judge Michael McMahon has denied the request for a preliminary injunction over portions of Montana’s wolf hunting and trapping regulations. Wolves of the Rockies and Trap Free Montana alleged in a lawsuit that changes made by Fish Wildlife and Parks in this year’s wolf regulations violated their right to pa...

District Judge Rules In Favor Of Early-Term Abortions In Lawsuit

In 2018 ACLU Montana and the Center for Reproductive Rights filed suit challenging the constitutionality of a Montana law that restricted abortion providers to physicians and physician assistants. Friday, Lewis and Clark County District Court Judge Mike Menahan ruled nurse practitioners and nurse midwives may perform early-term abortions in Mo...

Date Set For Climate Change Lawsuit

A trial date has been set in a lawsuit initially filed nearly two years ago by 16 Montanans, who at that time were between the ages of 2 and 18, against the state government over concerns of policies they say favor fossil fuels and lead to climate change. The trial is set for February 6th 2023 in Lewis and Clark County District Court. The plai...

Wolf Hunting Suspension Denied

Lewis and Clark County District Court Judge Michael McMahon has denied the request of two wildlife advocacy groups to suspend parts of Montana’s wolf hunting regulations while litigation plays out over their implementation. The groups allege Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks and the Fish and Wildlife Commission failed to abide by the legally req...

Montana Representatives Push For New Water Power Plant

Senators Steve Daines and Jon Tester along with Representative Matt Rosendale introduced a bill Monday to authorize The Department of Interior to build a power plant at Gibson Reservoir 70 miles west of Great Falls. The planned generation capacity is 3 megawatts, enough to power about 2,300 homes. The reservoir is part of the Sun River Project...