Government News & Events

Western Governors brought the 2017 Annual Meeting to a stirring conclusion with an emotional conversation about ending childhood hunger featuring actor Jeff Bridges, a frank discussion about the infrastructure investment required in the West, and Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s announcement of his Chairman’s Initiative on workforce development.

Should the government be able to seize people’s property in the name of crime fighting, even without evidence to prove someone has broken the law?

Rep. Greg Gianforte would not say Tuesday whether other Montanans should do the same.

From Browning, he wrote, in part, "The reservation is a microcosm of how the pillars of a fair government, strong economy, and healthy community are all connected.

According to MIT, an average of 20 percent of the water flowing through today’s distribution systems is lost to holes along its journey, so researchers are developing a small robot that can be deposited through a fire hydrant to hunt out the leaks.

Leaders must carefully consider which services are most essential, which agencies’ budgets to cut or boost, whether and how high to raise taxes, among other important decisions that affect the daily lives of city dwellers.

Superintendent Elsie Arntzen said she would do as the government requested but would not cooperate beyond that.

"Civil forfeiture is one of the most serious assaults on Americans’ private property rights," Institute for Justice Senior Legislative Counsel Lee McGrath said.

While the national debate rages over immigration, new research shows how much new immigrants cost state and local governments in the short-term — and how much they pay off in the long-term.

"All you have to do is threaten to defund the subsidies," he said Thursday on a panel in Helena organized by the Montana Nurses Association to discuss the bill.