Careless Gun Handling/ 80 mph Speed Limit

Missoulian: Montana legislators consider bill criminalizing careless gun handling
HB 539:  Creating careless handling of firearms offense

Missoulian: Montana Senate hears 80 mph speed limit proposal
SB 375: Revise highway speed limits and heavy truck and truck tractor speed limits

Reduced Retiree Benefits/ Ferguson Report

Missoulian: Judge overturns legislative attempt to reduce retirees’ cost-of-living increases
HB 454: Provide funding for PERS defined benefit plan, revise GABA

Missoulian: US finds racist, profit-driven practices in Ferguson
Justice Department Announces Findings Of Two Civil Rights Investigations In Ferguson, Missouri

“The Justice Department announced the findings of its two civil rights investigations related to Ferguson, Missouri, today.  The Justice Department found that the Ferguson Police Department (FPD) engaged in a pattern or practice of conduct that violates the First, Fourth, and 14th Amendments of the Constitution.  The Justice Department also announced that the evidence examined in its independent, federal investigation into the fatal shooting of Michael Brown does not support federal civil rights charges against Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson.”
DOJ Report on Shooting of Michael Brown

Ferguson Police Department Report

Pattern and Practice Charts

Pattern and Practice Typography

Abortion/ Mental Health Care/ Clinton's Email

Missoulian: GOP lawmaker wants to ban abortions by telemedicine
HB 587: Requiring physical presence of practitioners when performing abortion services

Missoulian: Short-term mental health measures advance in Legislature
HB 33: Appropriate money for new or expanded mental health crisis intervention
HB 34: Appropriate money for additional secure psychiatric detention beds
HB 35: Appropriate money for short-term voluntary mental health treatment

Missoulian: House committee to subpoena Clinton emails in Benghazi probe
Select Committee on Benghazi: Statement from the Communications Director on Clinton Email Addresses
““The Select Committee on Benghazi is in possession of records with two separate and distinct email addresses used by former Secretary Clinton and dated during the time she was Secretary of State. 

"Without access to the relevant electronic information and stored data on the server—which was reportedly registered to her home—there is no way the Committee, or anyone else, can fully explain why the Committee uncovered two email addresses.”

Internet Sales Tax/ Banning M855 Ammunition?

Missoulian: Supreme Court allows challenge to Colorado Internet tax
Direct Marketing Assn. v. Brohl
“Because the TIA does not bar petitioner’s suit, we reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals. Like the Court of Appeals, we express no view on the merits of those claims and remand the case for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”

Missoulian: US considers banning type of popular rifle ammunition
ATF FRAMEWORK FOR DETERMINING WHETHER CERTAIN PROJECTILES ARE “PRIMARILY INTENDED FOR SPORTING PURPOSES”
“To protect the lives and safety of law enforcement officers from the threat posed by ammunition  capable of penetrating a protective vest when fired from a handgun, the Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA), as amended, prohibits the import, manufacture, and distribution of “armor piercing ammunition” as defined by the statute. The GCA, however, allows for the exemption of ammunition that would otherwise be considered armor piercing if the Attorney General determines that the specific ammunition at issue is “primarily intended to be used for sporting purposes.” Interpreting the meaning of this statutory language, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has developed a framework that will apply to requests seeking a determination that certain projectiles qualify for this “sporting purpose” exemption. ”

Winter Weather

Missoulian: Snow, blowing snow, below-zero wind chills
Winter Weather Impacts
"A Canadian cold front will move south through North Central Montana on Monday and then through Southwest Montana Monday night. Light to moderate snow and gusty north winds in the wake of the cold front will bring areas of blowing and drifting snow to the area beginning on Monday and continuing into Tuesday morning. Much colder air will also combine with the gusty winds to cause very cold wind chill temperatures as low as -30 degrees F at times Monday night through Tuesday night."