Activists challenge Montana initiative limits
A May 26 complaint in Lewis and Clark County seeks to strike down SB 93 and related statutes adding steps to citizen initiatives. Plaintiffs argue Montana’s constitution protects direct action, naming delegates Mae Nan Ellington Jerome Loendorf Arlyne Reichert and other activists and former officials. The suit targets a 2021 law building on new requirements including an AG harm statement a 50 word fiscal impact note and a 4 year prohibition on similar referendums.
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Montana
Lewis and Clark County
Attorney General's Office
Constitutional Convention
Mae Nan Ellington
Jerome Loendorf
Arlyne Reichert
Burns finalizes long awaited American Buffalo project
Ken Burns delayed film on bison history spans decades from late 1980s discussions to a four hour two part PBS series. The project, written by Dayton Duncan and produced by Julie Dunfey, features Montana interviews and much of the footage shot in Montana with Missoula hosting a June 8 preview before a October PBS premiere.
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Ken Burns
Burns
Montana Free Press
PBS
Missoula
Dayton Duncan
Julie Dunfey
Montana
Missoula screening of Buffalo film hosted by Montana PBS
A Wilma Theater Missoula preview screens a Montana PBS film on Thursday June 8 with a panel including Ken Burns Dayton Duncan Julie Dunfey Rosalyn LaPier and Jason Baldes. Doors open 6 30 p m and the free event begins at 7 p m. The documentary traces 10 000 years of North American history focusing on the bison surge near extinction and revival.
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Montana
PBS
Wilma
Missoula
Ken Burns
Dayton Duncan
Julie Dunfey
Rosalyn LaPier
National Wildlife Federation-Tribal Buffalo
Jason Baldes
Experts warn AI extinction risk prompts global priority
Tech leaders including Sam Altman and Geoffrey Hinton join hundreds of signers in a Center for AI Safety statement urging mitigating AI extinction risk as a global priority alongside pandemics and nuclear war. The letter, posted online, argues for urgent action amid rapid AI advances and upcoming EU AI Act.
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Microsoft
Google
Sam Altman
Openai
Geoffrey Hinton
Center For AI Safety
Chatgpt
Supreme Court ruling narrows EPA reach on wetlands
Montana water quality groups push back as the Supreme Court limits EPA authority under the Clean Water Act. The decision hinges on a no continuous connection test, affecting arid state streams and wetlands with seasonal flow, raising concerns for conservation groups and property owners about future federal regulation. The West Gallatin River watershed and Big Sky area are cited in ongoing local water quality efforts and impairment designations.
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Supreme Court
EPA
United States Supreme Court
Guy Alsentzer
Upper
West Gallatin
Alsentzer
Montana
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Idaho
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