Dewayne C. Shoots Jr., 28, of Poplar, appeared in federal court in Great Falls last week before U.S. Magistrate Judge John T. Johnston and made a not guilty plea on charges of assault resulting in serious bodily injury and assault with a dangerous weapon. If convicted of the most serious crime, Shoots faces a maximum 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. Shoots

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has announced the investment of nearly $150 million for water and sewer infrastructure projects across the state. “Montana is leading the nation in making critical water and sewer infrastructure investments, with more than 80 percent of them supporting our rural communities,” Governor Gianforte said. “With funds devoted toward constructing new systems and improving

Daily Montanan A new report from the Brennan Center for Justice demonstrates that the gap between white voters and non-white voters in states that were required to get clearance from the federal government at one time before implementing new voting laws has been almost completely eroded since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the law in 2013. It also suggests that the disparity for American

The Tribal Executive Board heard from Fort Peck Transit Director Henri Headdress during an Aug. 30 meeting. The Board expressed concerned over reports that children were not being picked up and taken to school. Headdress informed the Board that there weren’t any workers with the necessary background checks that could transport these children and that it would take six months to get a qualified

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen last week signed on to a Tennessee lawsuit challenging federal protections for transgender people issued by the Biden administration in June. Twenty Republican attorneys general including Knudsen are seeking to strike down directives by the U.S. Department of Education and other agencies that extend anti-discrimination protections to transgender workers

Following pressure from U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., it has been announced that President Biden will pull his nominee to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, David Chipman. Daines has been adamantly opposed to Chipman’s nomination since it was announced. “I’ve been opposed to David Chipman leading the ATF from the start. He’s an anti-Second Amendment, gun-grabbing

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte has announced that Sen. Ryan Osmundson (R-Buffalo) will succeed Kurt Alme in leading the governor’s budget office. Alme will transition out of his role as budget director on Oct. 1 to return to his family and home in Billings. “A brilliant and dedicated public servant, Kurt has been instrumental to our early success in leading the Montana comeback,” Gianforte

With the campaign season underway, the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) would like to remind all political candidates and committees of the State of Montana restrictions on political sign placement on state highways, including areas where the highway runs through an urban area. Cities and counties may have separate regulations on political sign placement along city or county roads. Under

On Thursday, President Biden announced the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration in the coming weeks will issue an “emergency temporary standard” that will mandate all employers with 100 or more employees to require their workers be vaccinated or undergo weekly COVID testing. This rule is estimated to impact 80 million private-sector workers, with businesses facing