Laura Shirtliff By: Mike Denison, MTN News The state Land Board Tuesday approved the re-routing of a pipeline underneath the Yellowstone River at Laurel, despite opposition and concerns raised by some local landowners. The Land Board, composed of the top five state officeholders, voted 4-0 to amend an easement allowing NorthWestern Energy to use a new route … Read more
State Auditor Troy Downing is pushing for reforms to Montana’s sale of state land cabin sites, speaking out and voting out against those sales during the last year of the Montana State Board of Land Commissioners. Downing has been the lone public dissenter among Montana’s top statewide elected officials. The Land Board is made up … Read more
Posted at 5:27 PM, Jan 14, 2022 and last updated 7:05 PM, Jan 14, 2022 Click HERE to view the entire article. HELENA — Multi-level marketing is a multi-billion dollar industry in the United States with sales representatives working in every state. In order to legally operate in Montana, multi-level marketing companies have to register … Read more
Your home may be underinsured, leaving you stuck paying tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in repair costs following loss or damage. Inflation, labor shortages, rising costs of building materials, and the supply chain breakdown may have contributed to large increases in the replacement cost of your home. Recently, the Marshall Fire in Colorado … Read more
HOW THE NO SURPRISES ACT AFFECTS THE UNINSURED[Helena, Montana] On January 1st of this year, the No Surprises Act (NSA) went into effect protecting individuals with private health insurance from surprise medical bills. In other words, if you are insured by a company that is not Medicare or Medicaid and receive emergency medical care or … Read more
DENTON, MT- Right now, the race is on to get resources to a small town of Denton Montana is on. The small farming community north of Stanford along Montana State Highway 81 was destroyed by fires. Play Video Governor Greg Gianforte will be on the ground in Denton to receive an incident command briefing on … Read more
Click HERE to view the entire article. Montana’s commissioner of insurance and securities is looking to crack down on possible pyramid schemes using a new incentive program. The state auditor is allowing unregistered multi-level marketing companies to pay a reduced fine if they put their businesses under state oversight. State Auditor Troy Downing started the … Read more
By: Jaurdyn Johnson Posted at 4:01 PM, Dec 16, 2021 and last updated 4:01 PM, Dec 16, 2021 Click HERE to view the entire article. HELENA — Commissioner of Securities and Insurance and State Auditor of Montana ended the multi-level Marketing (MLM) Company amnesty program Wednesday, Dec. 15th. An MLM sells or distributes goods through agents or … Read more
Thumbs down Lewis and Clark County has already spent well over six figures on the horses seized in a Helena Valley animal abuse case, and the price tag is only expected to rise. As of late November, the county had spent more than $171,000 to care for the nearly 60 horses confiscated from a breeding … Read more
Click HERE to view the entire article. Seventeen multi-level companies took advantage of an amnesty offering from the state auditor’s office to come into compliance with state law and pay reduced fines. The amnesty period ended Wednesday, and the companies that came into compliance had about 4,200 Montanans participating in their operations. “This is a … Read more