Supreme Court Elections
Matt Volz | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 11 years, 1 month AGO
Montana Secretary Of State Linda McCulloch holds up a mailer she says may have violated the law by appearing to come from the state, at a news conference in Helena, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. The mailers are part of a Stanford University and Dartmouth College political science research project, and they rate how liberal or conservative the four nonpartisan candidates for Supreme Court are. (AP Photo/Matt Volz) officials are investigating whether mailers sent to Montana voters as part of a Stanford University and Dartmouth college less than two weeks before elections broke state laws.
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Author Krakauer denied records on rape case against player
HELENA — Author Jon Krakauer’s five-year quest to find out how and why Montana’s top higher education official intervened to prevent a star college quarterback’s expulsion over a rape accusation stalled Wednesday when the state Supreme Court denied him access to those records.
Montana State Auditor Matt Rosendale announces US House run
HELENA — Montana Republicans’ 2020 election lineup shuffled again Monday after U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte decided to run for governor instead of re-election, with State Auditor Matt Rosendale jumping into the now-open House race seven months after failing to unseat U.S. Sen. Jon Tester.
Krakauer: Court ruling on privacy hurts right to know
HELENA — Author Jon Krakauer said he feels “a moral obligation” to fight a recent court ruling against him as he tries to obtain records detailing how the expulsion of a University of Montana quarterback over a rape allegation was overturned.