Marijuana, road maintenance and access to public lands. It’s an odd intersection of divergent political interests, yet they’ve been brought together in opposition to a questionable veto by Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte to a bipartisan bill that would have allocated more marijuana tax receipts to maintaining county roads.

On Monday, representatives of both the Montana Association of Counties (MACo) and the Montana Wildlife Federation collaborated to send a message opposing Gianforte’s veto, and demanding that the Secretary of State’s Office poll state legislators in an attempt to override the governor’s veto.

David Murray

Oregon Town’s Marijuana Boom Yields Envy in Idaho

Missing out on the action has become increasingly frustrating to some politicians and longtime residents in Idaho, where the population and living costs have surged in recent years.