Gov. Signs Bills On Voting, Health Board Authority, MMIP And More
Gov. Greg Gianforte signed several bills into law this week, including policies to end same-day voting registration and change voter ID requirements; limit local public health powers; expand telehealth access; give businesses tax breaks for vocational training; allow insurance companies to consider gender when setting rates; address the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous people; and update state laws after federal recognition of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians.
New Laws End Same-Day Voting Registration, Alter Voting ID Requirements
Changes to how and when Montanans can register and vote were finalized Monday.
Gov. Greg Gianforte signed several bills into law this week, including policies to end same-day voting registration and change voter ID requirements; limit local public health powers; expand telehealth access; give businesses tax breaks for vocational training; allow insurance companies to consider gender when setting rates; address the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous people; and update state laws after federal recognition of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians.
New Laws End Same-Day Voting Registration, Alter Voting ID Requirements
Changes to how and when Montanans can register and vote were finalized Monday.
According to a researcher at the National Conference of State Legislatures, Montana became the first state to end same-day voter registration after putting the policy in place. The deadline is now noon the day before the election.
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Select Yellowstone National Park roads, services now open
April 16, 2021
from Yellowstone Public Affairs
Beginning at 8 a.m. Friday, April 16, 2021, select roads and services in
Yellowstone National Park will open to the public for the season, weather permitting. Visitors should expect modified operations that are subject to change based on future conditions and public health guidance.
Roads open to the public on April 16
West Entrance to Old Faithful
Mammoth Hot Springs to Old Faithful (via Norris)
Norris to Canyon Village
What visitors to Yellowstone should expect
To protect the health of those who live, work, and visit national parks and facilities, face masks are required in all visitor facilities in Yellowstone National Park. Masks are also required on NPS-managed lands when physical distancing cannot be maintained, such as hiking trails, overlooks, and parking areas. This requirement is in support of the President’s Executive Order, Protecting the Feder
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Competing bills to regulate Montana’s forthcoming recreational marijuana program are advancing in the Legislature.
Facing a procedural deadline next Thursday, lawmakers are keeping several policies on the table as they debate how to tax and regulate recreational cannabis.
House Bill 701, backed by the governor, would institute a 20% tax on recreational marijuana, funneling most of the revenue to the state general fund. It would also reserve money for a proposed addiction and treatment program, as well as state parks, trail maintenance and non-game wildlife programs.
House Bill 670, offers a lower tax and uses two-thirds of the revenue to pay state employee pensions. The remainder would enter a trust fund to pay for the so-called economic and social costs of marijuana growing and use.