The Montana Board of Regent s current firearms policy on campuses remains in place until further notice.
The following is a statement from Montana Commissioner of Higher Education Clayton T. Christian to campus administrators Friday: Many constituencies have been closely following the Montana Board of Regentsâ actions regarding HB 102, which was passed by the 2021 Montana Legislature and would significantly change long-standing Board of Regents policy regarding firearms on campuses.
The Board of Regents voted unanimously May 19 to seek judicial review of HB 102 to determine whether the law improperly encroaches upon the constitutional role and autonomy of the Board as articulated under Article X, § 9 of the Montana Constitution. The Board determined judicial review is an appropriate course of action to ensure that the constitutional roles of each entity are being properly exercised.
The city of Helena plans to file a counterclaim against Treasure State Internet & Telegraph, which is seeking $1.5 million in damages as a result of what it claims as negligence on the part of city government.
In a complaint initially filed in Montana First Judicial District Court Aug. 27 and amended Mar. 19 and again April 5, the public utility company alleges that city staff unlawfully interfered with its operations within city rights of way from the summer of 2015 to April 2020.
The complaint lays out a timeline of events across the five-year span that implicate the city engineering staff and city manager s office of wrongdoing.