It didnât take long for Doug White to decide the stateâs lawsuit against his business, a gas station, convenience store and casino on Highway 35 outside Bigfork, was a political hit job.
The owner of Your Lucky Mercantile was sued in October for noncompliance with Montanaâs mask mandate, along with four other Flathead County businesses. Between his outspoken Republican politics, a 36-foot yacht that âprobably has the largest Trump flag that you could have on itâ and what he said was careful adherence to federal COVID guidelines, he didnât think the lawsuits, announced by then-Gov. Steve Bullock, a Democrat, were really about public health.
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HELENA, Mont. (Mar 1, 2021) – On Saturday, the Montana House passed a bill that would ban enforcement of any new federal gun control, a major step toward bringing such federal acts to an end within the state. Rep. Jedediah Hinkle (R-Belgrade) introduced House Bill 258 (HB258) on Jan. 27. The legislation would prohibit police […]
Right-to-work, other bills restricting unions fall short at Montana Legislature
Jonathon Ambarian
By: Jonathon Ambarian
and last updated 2021-03-02 19:40:36-05
HELENA â By a wide margin, the Montana House has rejected a bill to implement âright-to-workâ in the state. It was the latest in a series of bills restricting unions that have fallen short at the Legislature this week.
On Tuesday morning, the House voted 62-38 against House Bill 251, sponsored by Rep. Caleb Hinkle, a Republican from Belgrade. The bill would have stated people cannot be forced to join or pay dues to a union as a condition of employment and required that they give written approval to have any money for the union deducted from their paycheck.
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