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Montana Lawmakers Advance Bill To Raise Private School Tax Credit

By • Apr 7, 2021
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Republicans in the Montana House of Representatives have advanced a bill to increase the tax credit residents can claim for donations that help pay student tuition at private schools. The proposal follows a U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that Montana can’t exclude religious schools from the tax credit program.

Bill To Offer Tax Relief For Broadband Infrastructure Moves Forward In Montana House

By Kevin Trevellyan • Mar 16, 2021

A bill that would provide tax relief to telecommunications companies that install broadband infrastructure in Montana is one step closer to being signed into law.

Elliston Republican Rep. Becky Beard said incentivizing companies to lay high-speed internet infrastructure would create jobs and economic activity in a state that currently ranks among the nation’s worst in broadband access.

“We have to have high-speed internet to function competitively. Even ask our schools about this necessity. It’s been a lifeline for so many of us," Beard said.

Bail Set For Missoula High School Student Who Fled School Resource Officer

By Associated Press • Mar 20, 2018
Missoula's Big Sky High School.
Big Sky High School

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — Bail was set at $20,000 for a 17-year-old Montana high school student who was arrested for violating his probation after reportedly trying to run over a school resource officer at Big Sky High School in Missoula.

Big Sky Student Didn't Have Gun In School, Superintendent Says

By • Mar 19, 2018

The state Department of Justice is currently investigating an incident in which shots were fired in the parking lot of Big Sky High School in Missoula on Friday, March 16.

Over the weekend, the Missoulian reported that the shots came from a school resource officer, after a student he was investigating fled and tried to run him over.

Threat Disrupts Classes At Missoula's Big Sky High School

By • Feb 22, 2018
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About half of the students at Missoula’s Big Sky High School left early Thursday, following the discovery of graffiti in a girls bathroom Thursday morning.

A press release from Missoula County Public Schools said he graffiti read, "Don't be at Big Sky at 1:20."

Hellgate High Assistant Principal Resigns After Data Breach

By MTPR News • Dec 18, 2015

The assistant principal of Hellgate High School has submitted her resignation to Missoula County Public Schools Superintendent Mark Thane today. This follows the recent data breach at MCPS where information of 1,100 students were accidentally released to a group of parents via email.

Missoula County Voters Approve Over $150 Million In School Bonds

By • Nov 4, 2015

Missoula County Public Schools Superintendent Mark Thane says he’s “extremely grateful” for Tuesday’s 11th-hour victory of a $70 million high school bond issue. Local voters passed it as well as an $88 million dollar elementary bond. The levies will pay for local school maintenance, renovations, remodeling and technology and security updates.