Jake Eaton, an adviser to the campaign, told Capitolized that Knudsen is “100 percent in compliance with the law and I am confident the Commissioner will dismiss this frivolous complaint.” Chris Gallus, Montana’s Commissioner of Political Practices, has accepted the complaints and reached out to both campaigns for responses, he told Capitolized. The complaints also allege Olson, a

Roosevelt County Commissioner Gordon Oelkers asked for Gov. Greg Gianforte’s continued support regarding the proposed Cyan H2 Eastern Montana Fertilizer Company during Gianforte’s campaign stop in Sidney on Wednesday, May 15. Oelkers told the governor that about 30 percent of the project has been funded. Officials are waiting to hear about a federal grant for the remaining starting costs.

Last week, Governor Greg Gianforte continued his fourth annual 56 County Tour as governor, hearing the stories of generations of farmers and ranchers at their family operations in eastern Montana. “One of our greatest sources of pride as Montanans is the world-class products grown, raised, or made here in the Treasure State,” Gianforte said. “It’s great to be back in eastern Montana

Test flows from Fort Peck Dam are remaining constant, according to last week’s conference call by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. John Remus, Missouri River Basin Water Management office chief, said the first peak is over, and a daily average of 10,000 cubic feet per second is being released at the Fort Peck Dam until at least to the end of this month. Later in the call, Remus said an

Governor Greg Gianforte announced Friday, May 17, that Montana’s era of historic unemployment continued in April as the state’s unemployment rate fell to 3.1 percent and employment levels increased. The national unemployment rate rose to 3.9 percent. “Montana’s economy is on the move,” Gianforte said. “While we face inflationary challenges brought on by President Biden’s historic