Montana lawmakers push inflation adjusted education funding fail
Democrats pushed two amendments to House Bill 15, seeking inflation based increases in education spending. Rep. Melissa Romano argued the changes followed a new interpretation of a long misunderstood spending cap. Both amendments failed on party line votes. Republicans supported against.
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Nicole Girten
Nicole
Girten
Ravallirepublic.com
Melissa Romano
D-Helena
David Betley
Inflation in statute annual adjustments to entitlements
The article outlines inflation factors for basic and per-ANB entitlements and related payments for the biennium. It notes formulas based on July CPI indexes and raises questions about a 3 percent cap, explaining the Legislature can adjust inflation increases despite perceived limits.
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Superintendent of Public Instruction
Willow Creek Anticline named International Geoheritage Site
The Willow Creek Anticline in northwestern Montana, site of Cretaceous rock exposures and Maiasaura nesting discoveries by Museum of the Rockies paleontologists, earns International Geoheritage Site status for its pivotal role in early geology and dinosaur social behavior. The discovery history includes Maiasaura peeblesorum, nest sites at Egg Mountain, and the Beatrice Taylor Paleontology Research Area, with ongoing research and public information from the Museum of the Rockies.
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Montana
Montana State University
Museum of the Rockies
Science
Willow Creek Anticline
South Korea
John Scannella
Marion Brandveld
Two Medicine
Chateau
Jack Horner
Bob Makela
Brandvolds
Bynum
Western Hemisphere
Peeblesorum
Maia
Peebles
Egg Mountain
Beatrice R. Taylor
Scannella
Museumoftherockies
Helenair
Former Sheridan pastor guilty of sexual assault verdict
A Madison County District Court jury found Tony Aaron Shaw, former Ruby Valley Baptist Church pastor, guilty of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in the Sheridan church basement five years ago. He faces up to life in prison or 100 years and a $50,000 fine. sentencing will follow a presentence report.
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Madison County
Sheridan
Tony Aaron Shaw
Shaw
Ruby Valley Baptist Church
Montana Standard
Beaverhead
Dillon Man Receives 11 Year Federal Prison Term
A Dillon man Jason Tong, 50, admitted trafficking large amounts of methamphetamine and fentanyl from Washington for distribution in southwest Montana and was sentenced in Missoula federal court to 11 years and three months in prison plus five years supervised release. Tong pleaded guilty in September 2024 to possession with intent to distribute.
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Missoula
Dillon
Washington
Montana
Jason Louie Tong
Montana Division of Criminal Investigation
Tong
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Homeland Security Investigations
Drug Enforcement Administration
Montana Highway Patrol
Beaverhead County
Butte-Silver Bow
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Subcommittee On Education
Office of Public Instruction
Tracy Thornton
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