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Three Republicans entered their party’s primary race the office of state auditor before the filing deadline earlier this week.
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Democrats will compete in more legislative races this year than last election cycle. The party hopes that, along with new district maps, it could disrupt Republicans' supermajority.
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More than 40 interest groups and Montana businesses are petitioning the state’s utility regulators to consider climate change when making decisions. They filed the request Wednesday.
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The commission that regulates utilities in Montana has a new executive director. The Public Service Commission selected David Sanders for the role.
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A conservation group and several Montana voters are suing the state over new voting districts for the Public Service Commission.
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Republican lawmakers and Gov. Greg Gianforte agree that a special session is needed to redraw districts for the state’s utility oversight board. However, a GOP faction was also pushing to create a special committee to investigate election integrity in the same trip to the Capitol. That effort appears to have failed.
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Two former politicians and a college student are suing the state to contest district boundaries for Montana’s utility oversight board.
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The dispute between Republican legislative leadership and the state Supreme Court will likely continue after the legislative session ends. This as Montana…