
Seaborn Larson
Criminal Justice Reporter at Missoulian
State news bureau reporter for @helenaironline, @missoulian, @billingsgazette, @MontanaStandard and @RavalliRepublic [email protected]
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1 week ago |
helenair.com | Seaborn Larson
A Montana Supreme Court decision on attorney fees that went against the Republican governor this week featured an unusually hostile bit of sparring between justices. The case at hand turned on a refusal by Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration to turn over records related to his decision to remove a “bad actor” designation against a mining company CEO.
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1 week ago |
helenair.com | Seaborn Larson
In the last month, Montana's cannabis industry has been tested in more ways than one. State regulators recently quadrupled the roster of pesticides for which cannabis products must be tested, and the downstream effects of that change have been, for some, disorienting. Products that once passed laboratory tests have since been recalled from the shelves and one of the only two testing labs in the state saw its license to test for pesticides suspended last month.
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1 week ago |
wvnews.com | Seaborn Larson
After GOP efforts to put political party labels on judicial campaigns flopped at the state Legislature, a ballot initiative campaign is in the works to prohibit future attempts at coloring elections for the court. A new political committee, Montanans for Fair and Impartial Judges, registered last week with the commissioner of political practices, allowing the group to begin raising and reporting money, although deadlines to begin the process won't come until next year.
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1 week ago |
helenair.com | Seaborn Larson
After GOP efforts to put political party labels on judicial campaigns flopped at the state Legislature, a ballot initiative campaign is in the works to prohibit future attempts at coloring elections for the court. A new political committee, Montanans for Fair and Impartial Judges, registered last week with the commissioner of political practices, allowing the group to begin raising and reporting money, although deadlines to begin the process won't come until next year.
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2 weeks ago |
billingsgazette.com | Seaborn Larson
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen this week weighed in on questions about expanding Gallatin County’s assistance to federal immigration authorities, calling legal guidance from the local county attorney on the matter “flawed” in part because it runs against President Donald Trump’s agenda.
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