Worsech was appointed in 2021, coming out of retirement to lead the agency after Gov. Greg Gianforte took office.
DEQ was clear Thursday that it had was disregarding the carbon review Judge Moses ordered specifically because of the new law.
The lawsuit is just the latest of a half-dozen legal challenges to laws passed recently by the Montana Legislature.
A vote in the Senate is expected in the coming days.
A vote in the Senate is expected in the coming days.
A group of delegates to Montana’s 1972 constitutional convention are challenging restrictions on the citizen initiative process recently enacted by the Legislature.
A group of delegates to Montana’s 1972 constitutional convention are challenging restrictions on the citizen initiative process recently enacted by the Legislature.
The mark-downs have rankled some lawmakers who object to his characterization of their projects as pork-barrel spending.
Conservation groups called the ruling a blow to the clean water regulations in an arid state where roughly half of the wetlands are cut off from the navigable waterways for at least part of most years.
The ruling came after environmentalists sued the government for dropping the red slurry material into waterways hundreds of times over the past decade.
The lawsuit was filed in 2020 by attorneys with the environmental group Our Children's Trust on behalf of 16 young plaintiffs in Montana.
There's no doubt the legislative and executive branches have enjoyed some harmony over GOP priorities like tax reform and abortion restrictions. Still, tension remains.
“BLM has turned into a climate activist organization... I'm glad we're holding this hearing to uncover the unlawful and unprecedented actions taken by the Bureau,” Rosendale said.
"It doesn't make them 100% whole. However, by increasing the rate of reimbursement … that decreases the loss to the counties."
A state District Court judge on Tuesday put the brakes on several new abortion restrictions in Montana.
On the final day of the Legislature, the bill passed through the House 63-33, and the Senate 29-21.
LGBTQ+ advocates argue the bill will deny legal recognition to nonbinary and transgender people.
Some lawmakers, the FBI and officials at other agencies are concerned that the video-sharing app could be used to allow the Chinese government to access information on U.S. citizens.
Helena Democrat Kevin Hamm announced his candidacy for Montana’s Eastern U.S. House district this week.
The bills were House Bill 562 from Rep. Sue Vinton, R-Billings, and House Bill 549, from Rep. Fred Anderson, R-Great Falls.
The issue has long been on the wish list for groups that advocate for public access.
About 32,140 individuals were contacted in April by the state Department of Public Health and Human Services, and nearly half had not responded.
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The state’s governor signed the bill banning the social media app on Wednesday. Opponents say they plan to challenge the law in court.
Veterans for the first time received health coverage for illnesses stemming for exposure to toxic burn pits and Agent Orange in 2022 when Congress passed the PACT ACT.
Five TikTok users filed a lawsuit to overturn a planned ban on the video sharing app in Montana.
The Montana Legislature’s frenzied, 90-day format for meeting every two years often draws comparisons to “drinking from a fire hose.”
The measure is expected to be challenged legally and will serve as a testing ground for the TikTok-free America that many national lawmakers have envisioned.
The procedure is the only one used to terminate a pregnancy in Montana after 15 weeks’ gestational age, meaning the new law is in effect a 15-week abortion ban for the state.
"Alternative youth programs in Montana operated in the dark for far too long," Rep. Laura Smith, D-Helena, said Wednesday.
Montana became the first state in the U.S. to completely ban TikTok on Wednesday.