Dec 18, 2024 · After roughly nine months of negotiations, teachers and school administrators in Kalispell last month ratified a new two-year union contract that will raise salaries for first-year educators by more than $9,000.

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Nov 5, 2024 · For the second time in two years, Democrat Monica Tranel is challenging Republican Rep. Ryan Zinke for Montana’s western congressional seat. Libertarian Dennis Hayes, of Townsend, is also vying for the position.. Zinke bested Tranel by four percentage points in 2022. Zinke, a former Navy SEAL from Whitefish, has moved further to the right throughout his political career. After two terms in ...

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5 days ago · Constitutional Initiative 126. The first of two proposed amendments to the state Constitution advanced by Montanans for Election Reform. It would replace Montana’s current party-based June primary system, where voters receive multiple party-specific ballots, with a single primary ballot listing all candidates regardless of party.

5 days ago · Greg Gianforte, 63 as of Election Day, was elected as Montana’s governor in 2020, the first Republican to hold the position in 16 years in 2020.

Nov 12, 2024 · Senate Democrats gained two seats in the 2024 election, which featured districts redrawn following the 2020 census.. House Republican lawmakers cast ballots for caucus leadership during a meeting on Nov. 12, 2024. Credit: Mara Silvers / MTFP House Democrats were emboldened by gaining at least nine seats to their caucus, depending on the final outcome of a close Bozeman-area race.

The Montana Fire Report: Sept. 6 – 13. Widespread rainfall across Montana Wednesday and Thursday could mean an early end for the 2024 fire season.

Jan 16, 2024 · Gov. Greg Gianforte will seek re-election, he announced on MTN News Tuesday.He will again be joined by Lt. Gov. Kristen Juras on the ballot, he said. Gianforte, a Republican, was elected by a wide margin in 2020, breaking a 16-year streak of Democrats in the Montana governor’s office.

Dec 19, 2024 · Montana Free Press chosen for 2025 CatchLight cohort of newsroom partners. This spring, Montana Free Press will join local news outlets across the United States in the first cohort of a national visual journalism initiative led by CatchLight, a San Francisco-based visual media organization that seeks to provide inclusive, accurate, and locally contextualized information to the public through ...