PORTLAND, Oregon, June 11 -- The American Forest Resource Council issued the following news release: The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) applauds the U.S. District Court of Montana's decision (http://amforest.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/North-Hebgen-Order.pdf) lifting its injunction and allowing the U.S. Forest Service to proceed with the North Hebgen Multiple Resource Project on the Custer-Gallatin National Forest. AFRC intervened in litigation on behalf of Sun Mountain Lumber of De  more

MISSOULA, Montana, June 13 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Montana issued the following news: "Police have a duty to protect the right of people to protest. At the Missoula protest for Black Lives on June 5, the police failed in that duty. Seemingly taking the law into their own hands, armed men chased down and detained a Black protester and held him until police arrived. In Missoula, at a protest for Black lives, a young Black person was not safe from harassment and harm. Where were   more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following news: By Zoe Neuberger, senior policy analyst A staggering 1 in 3 families with children say they don't have enough food, and that's in part because schools where lots of children normally eat free or reduced-price meals are closed. A new federal program (Pandemic-EBT, or P-EBT) is beginning to compensate families for the added expense of feeding these children, but eight states -- Idaho, Montana, Nebraska,   more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 13 -- The Institute for Justice issued the following news release: In almost every state, when you get sick and visit your doctor, you can obtain prescribed medications right there in the doctor's office--a practice known as "doctor dispensing." But not in Montana, which bans most doctors from dispensing medications. Dr. Carol Bridges, Dr. Cara Harrop and Dr. Todd Bergland want to use doctor dispensing to improve care and save patients money. Today, they partnered with  more