Billings librarians speak out on proposed school district changes to book collection procedure
Getty Images photo illustration. Billings Public Schools librarians said this week it was ironic they were being recognized for the Pat Williams Intellectual Freedom Award from the Montana Library Association…
California Supreme Court appears hesitant to overrule voters on gig worker law
In summary California Supreme Court justices appear poised to uphold Prop. 22, a voter-backed initiative passed in 2020. Based on their line of questioning, California Supreme Court justices seemed to…
Hobbs signs bill allowing casitas in cities across Arizona
Image via iStock / Getty Images Plus Gov. Katie Hobbs has signed two bipartisan bills that advocates say will facilitate a desperately-needed increase in Arizona’s housing supply. On May 21,…
Bipartisan border bill likely doomed in approaching U.S. Senate vote
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, on Tuesday said he wants to see Republicans go on the record with a vote on a bipartisan border bill. In…
Gilchrist implores Legislature to consider caregiver tax credit in the next state budget
Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II speaks in support of the governor’s proposed $5,000 tax credit for caregivers during a media conference in Lansing on May, 21, 2024. (Photo Anna…
Trump signals he’s open to state limits on contraceptive access, then insists he’s not
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday was asked if he supports “any restrictions on a person’s right to contraception.” (Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Donald Trump, the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee…
Bipartisan border bill likely doomed in approaching U.S. Senate vote
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, on Tuesday said he wants to see Republicans go on the record with a vote on a bipartisan border bill. In…
Young workers in Louisiana close to losing required lunch breaks
Edwin Tan/Getty Images The Louisiana Senate approved a bill Tuesday that repeals a requirement that employers provide a lunch break to some younger workers if their work shift lasts more…
Managers confident Flathead Lake will fully fill, but say late summer could pose challenges
Somers Beach State Park on Flathead Lake. (Provided by Montana FWP for the Daily Montanan) Though the Flathead River Basin currently sits about 1.5 million acre-feet of water below its…
U.S. Senate Dems tie state abortion bans to fewer beginning physicians
Washington state Democratic U.S. Sen. Patty Murray speaks during a press conference on reproductive rights on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Also pictured from the left are Dr. Raegan McDonald Mosley,…