The following excerpts are from an article in the Montana Petroleum Report newsletter entitled “BIDEN TORPEDOES KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE”, written by Alan Olson, Executive Director of the Montana Petroleum Association. You can read the entire article here. “President Biden’s recent executive order to rescind the permits for TC Energy’s Keystone XL, including a section of the pipeline…
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GF City Commission Swaps Kranz Park Land, Tryon Lone ‘No’ Vote
Editors note: E-City Beat has requested and received permission to copy and paste Great Falls City Commissioner Rick Tryon’s reports from his public commissioner’s Facebook page, ‘Rick Tryon for a Greater Great Falls’. “At Tuesday’s (1/19/21) City Commission meeting the commission voted 4 – 1 to approve a land swap between the City of Great…
Board of Health Votes to Adopt Revised COVID-19 Control Measures
Editors note – below is the press release from Cascade County sent Wednesday, January 20, 2021 2:40 PM “Great Falls, MT — This morning, the Cascade City-County Board of Health met to vote to adopt less restrictive COVID-19 control measures in light of Governor Gianforte’s recent directives. Last week, Governor Greg Gianforte announced that he was…
President Trump’s Statement Following Wednesday’s Capitol Turmoil
“Now Congress has certified the results. A new administration will be inaugurated on Jan. 20th. My focus now turns to ensuring a smooth, orderly and seamless transition of power. This moment calls for healing and reconciliation.” Listen to the President’s entire statement here:
Cascade County Health Board Extends COVID-19 Restrictions
On Wednesday the Cascade County City-County Board of Health voted to keep the mask mandate and mandatory 10:00 PM closing time for bars and restaurants in effect in Cascade County regardless of whether newly seated Governor Greg Gianforte eases the COVID-19 statewide restrictions in the coming days or weeks. Read the Order here. The action…
Cascade County Commission Nixes Big Sky Country National Heritage Area
Tuesday afternoon Cascade County Commissioners voted 2-1 to oppose the proposed establishment of the Big Sky Country National Heritage Area. The lone vote to support the NHA was from Commissioner Jane Weber. Weber, also the chair of the BSCNHA Inc Board of Directors, has been criticized for failing to recuse herself from deliberating on and…
Big Local Pushback To Big Sky Country National Heritage Area Effort
Editors note: the following is a press release from Montanans Opposing Big Sky Country National Heritage Area. News Release For Immediate Release: Contact: December 2, 2020 Rae GrulkowskiMontanans Opposing Big Sky Country National Heritage Arearae@3rivers.net406.788.3204 Montanans Says NO to BSCNHA! Great Falls, Cascade County, MT – On December 2, 2020, the thirteenth organization submitted their…
Montana Voters Give GOP Strong Majority In Statehouse
The red wave in Montana dealt a crushing blow to state Democrats. In addition to sweeping all of the statewide offices from Governor to State Auditor, Republicans won a strong majority in both chambers of the Montana legislature. In the House, Republicans picked up 9 seats, giving them a 67 to 33 majority there. The…
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Pennsylvania AG Alleges Voter Suppression If Trump Wins
Whether one supports President Trump or Joe Biden, almost everyone agrees that Pennsylvania will be the single most important battleground state in 2020. As the polls have tightened in recent days, Pennsylvania’s attorney general, a partisan Democrat called Josh Shapiro, preemptively sought to undermine the legitimacy of his state’s own election. According to Shapiro, Biden…