Latest Montana Headlines
All the headlines from our Montana Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Liability Bill in Montana Would Limit Virus Litigation
Jan 12 2021 // A Montana Senate committee is considering a bill that would provide liability protection for businesses and health care providers against lawsuits related to the pandemic. The Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs...
Farms Were the Deadliest Workplaces in Montana Last Year
Jan 11 2021 // An annual report made public by the Montana Department of Labor and Industry has shown that 2019 was slightly more deadly than the previous year in workplaces, with farming the most dangerous industry. The Census of Fatal...
UK Fines MT Global $32 Million for Money Laundering Breaches
Jan 8 2021 // Britain’s tax authority has slapped a record 23.8 million pound ($32.4 million) fine on MT Global Ltd, a private money services business, for significant breaches of anti money laundering regulations. Her...
Montana Utility Regulator Seeks $2.5M in Damages Over Email Spying
Jan 4 2021 // An outgoing member of Montana’s Public Service Commission has filed a $2.5 million damage claim against fellow members of the utility regulating board along with staff members after his emails were leaked to a...
Farms Were the Deadliest Workplaces in Montana Last Year
Dec 30 2020 // An annual report made public by the Montana Department of Labor and Industry has shown that 2019 was slightly more deadly than the previous year in workplaces, with farming the most dangerous industry. The Census of Fatal...
Montana Requires $285M Cleanup Bond from Coal Company
Dec 21 2020 // Montana environmental regulators have forced the owners of a power plant to provide a $285 million cleanup bond, a move some local organizations hailed as a victory for conservation. But Talen Energy, the owner of the...
Montana Nursing Home Lawsuit Adding More Claims
Nov 30 2020 // A lawsuit against a long-term care facility in Whitefish, Mont., has been amended to add claims that it was part of a multi-state network of facilities that enriched corporate owners while residents received negligent...
Washington Commissioner Winning Sixth Term, Prop. 22 in California Passes
Nov 4 2020 // Incumbent Mike Kreidler was leading Republican challenger Chirayu Patel in the race for Washington insurance commissioner as vote counting continued on Wednesday. Kreidler, who’s seeking a sixth term in office, had...
Lawsuit Filed Against Montana Nursing Home for Negligence in Virus Deaths
Oct 27 2020 // A long-term care facility in Montana has been sued after health officials said its staff was negligent and allowed the coronavirus to spread through the facility in Whitefish earlier this year. The lawsuit has been filed...
Montana Climate Project Will Install Remote Weather Stations
Oct 7 2020 // University of Montana researchers recently received a $21 million government contract, bringing more support and longevity to what has been a grassroots effort to build a better climate monitoring network across the...
Montana Officials Drop Proposed Ban on Flavored Vaping Products
Aug 19 2020 // The Montana health department has decided to withdraw a proposed rule that would ban flavored vaping products in the state. The decision came after 13 state senators and seven representatives, all Republicans, signed...
Candidate for Montana Auditor, Insurance Commissioner May Face Campaign Fines
Jul 22 2020 // A primary election contest that spilled over into the campaign finance arena has led to potential fines for the Republican state auditor candidate who won and another GOP candidate. The state’s Commissioner of...
Care for Montana Towns Polluted with Asbestos Transferred to State
Jul 6 2020 // State regulators are taking over maintenance of a decades-long environmental cleanup in two northwestern Montana towns where lung-damaging asbestos contamination has been blamed in hundreds of deaths. The U.S....
Agency Says Asbestos Cleanup Complete in Montana Superfund Site
May 29 2020 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the completion of all required cleanup activities within a unit of a Montana Superfund site. The federal agency removed a portion of an asbestos-contaminated mining...
Supreme Court Sides with BP Unit to Curtail Montana Superfund Cleanup Suits
Apr 20 2020 // The U.S. Supreme Court handed BP Plc unit Atlantic Richfield Co. a victory on Monday, making it harder for Montana landowners to seek a more extensive cleanup of a hazardous waste site than the federal government had...
Montana Seeking $43M in Disputed Tobacco Settlement Payments
Apr 15 2020 // Montana is asking a judge to force a group of tobacco companies to make more than $43 million in payments to the state that they have disputed over the past 15 years, Attorney General Tim Fox said this week. The payments...
Insurance Underwriter Enters Race for Montana State Auditor
Feb 19 2020 // A third Republican said that he will run for the party’s nomination for Montana state auditor. Scott Tuxbury is an insurance underwriter who has worked to bring new insurance companies to Montana and design new...
Montana Sues Drug Distributors Over Opioid Shipments
Feb 5 2020 // Montana has filed a lawsuit against the two leading drug distributors in the state, saying they failed to monitor and report excessive opioid shipments to Montana pharmacies, worsening the opioid epidemic. Attorney General...
Montana Man Injured in Shooting Files Lawsuit
Jan 31 2020 // A Montana man wounded in an officer-involved shooting has filed a lawsuit against the Yellowstone County sheriff’s department. Travis Tolan of Lockwood is alleging negligence, assault and battery and a broader claim...
R&Q Acquires Montana Captive Insurer Vigneron
Jan 29 2020 // R&Q is pleased to announce it has acquired the Montana captive insurer, Vigneron Insurance Company Inc. from a wholly owned private investment holding company. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. VICI underwrote...
