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Utah joins states fighting efforts to strike down campaign finance laws

Last updated Monday, May 21, 2012 - 9:21am

HELENA, Mont. -- Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are backing Montana in its fight to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision from being used to strike down state laws restricting corporate campaign spending.

Campaign finance, U.S. Supreme Court, National Read more Comments

Man aces hole in one contest, but doesn't get paid

Matt Gouras The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 4:40pm

HELENA, Mont. — Troy Peissig’s surprise at acing an $18,000 hole-in-one contest at a charity tournament has been replaced by bitter disappointment now that he hasn’t been paid a dime nearly two years after making the 170-yard shot.

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Environmental law waiver faces northern skeptics

Matt Gouras The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, November 13, 2011 - 10:29am

HELENA, Mont. -- A one-size-fits-all proposal to give border agents control over environmental laws is facing critics who argue it doesn't make sense in places like Montana's Glacier National Park.

Border Patrol, National Parks, Rep. Rob Bishop, Wilderness, Immigration, National Read more Comments

Obama Administration urges new wilderness protections

Matt Gouras The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, November 10, 2011 - 2:36pm

HELENA, Mont. — The Obama administration is calling for 18 new wilderness and conservation area declarations in Utah and eight other Western states, according to a report released Thursday by the secretary of the Interior that he hopes will result in new legislation from Congress establishing the new land protections.

Administration, Politics, President Barack Obama, Wilderness, National Read more Comments

Wolf hunting tags go on sale

Matt Gouras The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, August 8, 2011 - 4:29pm

HELENA, Mont. — Wolf hunting licenses went on sale Monday in Montana as environmentalists appealed a federal judge’s decision to uphold the removal of the Northern Rockies gray wolf from the endangered species list.

Congress this spring removed federal protections for wolves in Montana, Idaho and parts of Utah, Washington and Oregon. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy earlier this month was critical of the congressional budget rider that removed the predator’s status, but said court precedent required him to rule it constitutional.

Courts, Wolves, Hunting, National Read more Comments

(The Associated Press) Frank Dryman, aka Victor Houston, sits for an interview with the Associated Press from inside the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge, Mont., on Monday

AP Interview: Fugitive hid 40 years in plain sight

Matt Gouras, The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 5:26pm

HELENA, Mont. -- The aging Frank Dryman, a notorious killer from Montana's past, had hidden in plain sight for so long that he forgot he was a wanted man.

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Court: Mont. law allows doctor-assisted suicide

Matt Gouras The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, December 31, 2009 - 2:31pm

HELENA, Mont. -- The Montana Supreme Court says nothing in state law prevents patients from seeking physician-assisted suicide, paving the way for the procedure.

Health, Politics, National Read more Comments