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Off to the (city council) races 🏃‍♀️

By Arren Kimbel-Sannit ● Fresh Press ● April 29, 2025

Filing for Missoula City Council elections has opened and races are already taking shape; and Missoula County chips in $125,000 to help house Johnson Street shelter residents.

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Photos: Bernie, AOC rally thousands in Missoula

By John Stember ● Government & Politics ● April 17, 2025

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez bring their “Fighting Oligarchy” tour to the University of Montana’s Adams Center amid growing frustrations with a brazen Trump administration and billionaires’ influence.

A narrower spectrUM

By Arren Kimbel-Sannit ● Fresh Press ● April 15, 2025

The Trump administration’s seemingly indiscriminate cuts reach Missoula’s spectrUM Discovery Area, stripping the nonprofit science center of two $250,000 federal grants.

Feds revoke UM international student’s visa

By Arren Kimbel-Sannit ● Government & Politics ● April 15, 2025

The recent University of Montana graduate is among four international students in the Montana University System who’ve had their visas terminated, two of whom are suing the Department of Homeland Security.

Losing our humanities

By Arren Kimbel-Sannit ● Government & Politics ● April 13, 2025

The Trump administration chokes off funding for Humanities Montana, freezing statewide programming on Montana culture, literature, history, democracy and arts.

DOGE guts Yellowstone grizzly science team

By Mike Koshmrl ● Environment ● April 11, 2025

The Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team has played a crucial role in bringing Yellowstone grizzlies back from the brink. Now, the Trump administration is “functionally destroying the organization.”

Emptying the pantry

By Arren Kimbel-Sannit ● Fresh Press ● April 3, 2025

Latest federal cuts hit Missoula Food Bank, health centers and energy programs. And a Missoula judge stalls the Legislature’s “bathroom bill,” saying it’s “motivated by animus.”

Who will fund Missoula’s ‘housing sprint’?

By Arren Kimbel-Sannit ● Fresh Press ● March 26, 2025

City seeks $400k for rehousing effort as it begins phasing out the Johnson Street homeless shelter.

Republicans flip to defeat anti-trans bills

By Arren Kimbel-Sannit ● Government & Politics ● March 19, 2025

Impassioned opposition from Missoula lawmakers and GOP defections help sink legislation targeting drag performances and gender-affirming care.

Missoula to close Johnson Street homeless shelter

By Arren Kimbel-Sannit ● Housing ● March 7, 2025

Citing costs, Mayor Davis announces plan to close the controversial shelter in Midtown — which has slept more than 150 people a night in recent weeks — by August.