HB 234 has passed in the House and is pending in the Senate. The revises the dissemination of obscene material to minors and remove exemptions for schools, public libraries, and museums. The primary sponsor of the bill is Republican Representative Bob Phalen from Lindsay.
When a pipe burst and released thousands of gallons of water at the top of Aber Hall, waterfalls descended each floor and quickly soaked the 11-story residential and office building. The water missed some rooms, but completely flooded others.
Abortion, even legal abortion, is not as safe as is commonly thought. The article entitled “Banning Abortion in Montana Will Kill” from February 23, 2023 made a claim that abortion must remain legal in order to be safe for the women who have this procedure.
Last July, a local bookstore hosted a drag story hour during Pride Week in Helena, Montana. The family-friendly event featured drag queens reading to children, but news of it reached a far-right website called Gab, according to reporting from Mara Silvers for the Guardian.
Emergency vehicles should not have to worry about other drivers while attempting to reach a scene that needs critical attention. This may include an ambulance transporting a patient to a hospital for needed care or a firetruck reporting to an extensive fire. Drivers should have to yield to t…
Yellowstone, Glacier, and Grand Teton National Parks receive a lot of money for tourism purposes. Animals inside the parks are managed by National Park Federal budgets and their own gains. However, wildlife tends to migrate outside the parks year-round and they are not taken care of out ther…
In Montana, we care about protecting our children and ending bullying in schools. Instead of seeking to prevent hate speech and bullying in our public schools, Montana House Bill 361 would protect the bullies. The text of this bill would make it impossible to discipline students who use a tr…
The University of Montana hockey team’s games were some of the most exciting sporting events to attend last fall, but the lack of oversight that made student players ineligible was swept under the rug as its winning season quickly fizzled out.
Half of all Montanans experience menstruation, but period poverty affects one in four girls in the state. This means that one in four girls in Montana have had to skip school because they could not afford sanitary products. House Bill 498 seeks to alleviate these burdens for low-income Monta…
I am a 4th generation Montanan and a student at Montana State University. As a Political Science student and a Montanan, I care deeply about the content of our state legislature because its impacts are so significant in Montanans’ lives.
As we work at creating a greener world a big step is phasing out single-use plastics. The use of styrofoam in the restaurant industry is a major contributor to plastic pollution. Approximately 1,369 tons of Styrofoam are buried in US landfills every day and it takes up 20-30 percent of landf…
My sister is bullied because of the wiring in her brain—something that she has no control over. No matter how hard she tries, she simply cannot read. My sister has a learning disability that impacts her life every day. The elementary school which she attends emphasizes special education prog…
Native Americans have been persecuted for hundreds of years. We have caused extreme hardship through the process of assimilation for well over 100 years. Of all the horrendous things many of our ancestors have forced natives to go through, you can’t possibly quantify the pain, sorrow, grief …
