Montana is small enough that legislators often know many of their constituents by name. Each House District represents about 11,000 people and each Senate District includes two House Districts.
But it’s worth getting a big picture look at each district. How many married couples are there with children in the district?
A major milestone of the 68th Legislature is approaching fast. Transmittal, the halfway point of the 90-day session, is when most bills need to pass out of one chamber to the next to remain alive on the path toward becoming law. As the deadline approaches, legislators are writing and introducing
Of the 759 bills introduced as of today, more than one-third have survived hearings and floor votes in the first house. Early March is the deadline for most general bills — those that don’t spend to raise money — to make it to the second chamber.
One of the most anticpated moments of any legislative session is the publication “Lawmakers of Montana”, better known as the Copper Book.
The 2023 Copper Book is online. Hard copies are free and scheduled to arrive in the capitol Jan. 26.
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The Legislature established the program known as Habitat Montana in 1987, which allowed the agency to buy land outright, purchase a conservation easement on land, or lease land.
More than three decades later, by far the most acreage managed by the agency is from purchasing an interest in land from
Legislators and other members of the Environmental Quality Council are checking out a new pheasant operation at the state prison this month. The 2021 Legislature voted to spend $1 million in state and federal funds to implement a pen raised pheasant-rearing operation through the Montana Correctional Enterprises at
A state website makes it easy to keep an eye on possible flooding in Montana. A live map from Montana Disaster and Emergency Services uses stream gauges around the state to show flood stages as well as emergency declarations. (Click on
It is said that all politics are local. That is particularly true when it comes to drawing legislative districts. Over the next year, the Montana Districting and Apportionment Commission is going to review and draw maps that will assign Montanans to 100 House districts and 50 Senate districts.
The dividing
As spring gives way to fire season, legislators are regularly briefed on fire danger, firefighting readiness, and the cost of putting out the flames. The Environmental Quality Council discusses fire factors at a meeting this week. But all Montanans have access to fire danger information, including two reports that
