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New from Carly Graf: The Venezuelan man detained by immigration agents in Whitefish last week was released from custody in Tacoma last night without explanation. We spoke with him, his attorney and a woman who met and spoke with him in WA. helenair.com/news/state-reg… #mtpol #mtnews

BREAKING: Flathead County District Court Judge Amy Eddy is running for the Montana Supreme Court. She will be facing another Flathead judge, Dan Wilson. Story to follow shortly. #mtpol #mtnews

A culmination of hundreds and hundreds of hours spent inside the Capitol this winter: helenair.com/news/state-reg… By me, Carly Graf and Seaborn Larson

'The Nine' Rs and their Democratic allies this session had such power that, for a moment, plans to oust the Senate President permeated around the Capitol before they decided the political cost may be too great. One #mtleg feature for the road, from us and Thom Bridge #mtnews

A horse that was stranded on a gravel bar in the Yellowstone River near Billings, Montana is flown to safety Friday morning.

Two veto override polls already brewing in #mtleg: HB 610, Revise Preauthorization Laws Relating to Healthcare, and SB 167, Provide Funding for Noxious Weed Trust HB 610-H 96-3, S 50-0 SB 167-S 42-6, H 81-14 Legis have 30 days to return the polls once they go out

In Great Falls, Air Force officials say they want local contractors for Sentinel project helenair.com/news/state-reg… #mtpol #mtnews

Nestled into a 183-bill signing dump released by the gov's office late Friday, HB 231 and SB 542, the Legislature's property tax remedies, have both been signed into law #mtnews #mtleg

The industry has seen about $1 billion in marijuana sales since the market opened to age-appropriate adults in January 2022. helenair.com/news/state-reg…

Zinke stripped the public lands sale amendment out of the bill #mtpol #mtnews

It's never too early. #mtpol #mtnews

The ballot measure will be driven by the same political team that successfully passed Montana's marijuana legalization effort in 2020. helenair.com/news/state-reg…

Sheehy: “If we can’t agree on literally making sure that cities don’t burn to the ground, then our republic is probably lost, you know?” and yes, we interviewed them together -- pretty damn rare to have bipartisan agreement to talk to a nosy reporter semafor.com/article/05/27/…

State regulators recently quadrupled the pesticide panel required of cannabis tests. Then one of the only two testing labs in the state was suspended for invalid pesticide methods. Now over 100 products have been recalled. #mtnews helenair.com/news/state-reg…

There are 500 dispensaries in MT, and it's a $400M industry. But there's only 1 privately-run lab in Missoula to test it all for pesticides and debris. After the state raised the # of pesticides to be tested, 150 products got recalled. via Seaborn Larson missoulian.com/news/state-reg…

Scenes from a Montana Dept. of Natural Resources & Conservation fuel mitigation project west of Helena today.

Great story by Victoria Eavis. I'm gonna start carrying my 'slapping gloves' with me. go.helenair.com/jevdlm

An aerial view shows braids on the Madison River near Ennis, Montana.