Montana Asbestos Clinic Seeks to Reverse Court Finding That It Submitted Hundreds of False Claims August 23, 2024 By Matthew Brown An attorney for a health clinic in a Montana town polluted with deadly asbestos asked a federal appeals court on...
Montana To Ask State Top Court To Overturn Landmark Climate Ruling July 10, 2024 By Nate Raymond Montana’s top court is set to hear the state’s appeal of a landmark ruling holding that it was violating the...
Neglect Has Hastened Patient Deaths at Montana Psychiatric Hospital, Lawsuit Says November 3, 2023 By Amy Beth Hanson Montana’s state psychiatric hospital has been so poorly run for decades that patients are unsafe and not treated with dignity...
Climate Change Can Cause U.S. Households ‘Significant Financial Strain’ October 5, 2023 By Don Jergler Households can experience significant financial strain through pressures to income and expenses due to climate hazards, a report from the...
Montana Brokerage Owner Admits to Defrauding Customers August 28, 2023 Kileen Moria Hagadone, 57, owner of Rosebud County Insurance Inc., pleaded guilty to wire fraud and to aggravated identity theft....
Judge in Montana Case Says Fire Retardant Drops Polluting Streams But Allows Use to Continue May 30, 2023 By Matthew Brown A judge ruled that the U.S. government can keep using chemical retardant to fight wildfires, despite finding that the practice...
Pollution Lawsuit Could Curb Use of Aerial Fire Retardant April 25, 2023 By Matthew Brown A legal dispute in Montana could drastically curb the government’s use of aerial fire retardant to combat wildfires after environmentalists...
Judge Cancels Montana Gas Plant Permit Over Climate Impacts April 10, 2023 By Matthew Brown and Amy Beth Hanson A judge canceled the air quality permit for a natural gas power plant that’s under construction along the Yellowstone River...
W.R. Grace Offers $18.5M to Settle Montana Asbestos Claims January 12, 2023 The owner of a former vermiculite mine in northwestern Montana that spread harmful asbestos in and around the town of...
Montana’s Resilient Fishing Economy Tested by Climate Change September 14, 2022 Montana’s fishing economy has proven resilient amid the impacts of drought, but a new study suggests that 35% of its...