Tom Lutey

2 weeks ago | montanafreepress.org | Tom Lutey

Get an insider’s look into what’s happening in and around the halls of power with expert reporting, analysis and insight from the editors and reporters of Montana Free Press. Sign up to get the free Capitolized newsletter delivered to your inbox every Thursday. June 12, 2025Employees of the Montana Legislature have racked up more than 15,000 hours of combined compensatory time, more than they can burn through by taking days away from work, according to the agency’s executive director.

2 weeks ago | montanafreepress.org | Tom Lutey

A legal battle between Montana’s attorney general and the largest shareholders of NorthWestern Energy turned up in public polling in the days before a key court hearing this week. A text poll targeting Montanans the weekend of June 7 asked recipients who was more sympathetic, Attorney General Austin Knudsen or “firms that invested in American coal companies.”Montana is one of 13 states accusing the investment firms BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street of a coal price-fixing scheme.

2 weeks ago | standard-journal.com | Tom Lutey

Citing a "national energy emergency," the federal government gave a green light to a long-delayed expansion of Signal Peak Energy's Bull Mountains coal mine near Billings. The expansion of the underground mine, which exports coal to Japan and South Korea, has been repeatedly delayed by court orders finding that the federal government's environmental vetting of the project was inadequate. For copyright information, check with the distributor of this item, Montana Free Press.

2 weeks ago | apnews.com | Tom Lutey

By  TOM LUTEY/Montana Free Press Citing a “national energy emergency,” the federal government gave a green light to a long-delayed expansion of Signal Peak Energy’s Bull Mountains coal mine near Billings. The expansion of the underground mine, which exports coal to Japan and South Korea, has been repeatedly delayed by court orders finding that the federal government’s environmental vetting of the project was inadequate.

2 weeks ago | milescitystar.com | Tom Lutey

Citing a “national energy emergency,” the federal government gave a green light Friday to a long-delayed expansion of Signal Peak Energy’s Bull Mountains coal mine near Billings. The expansion of the underground mine, which exports coal to Japan and South Korea, has been repeatedly delayed by court orders finding that the federal government’s environmental vetting of the project was inadequate. kAm“!C6D:56?E %CF>A’D =6256CD9:A :?