Immigration

Missoulian: The Latest: Trump to halt refugee flow into US

Executive Order: Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements

Immigration and Border Laws

Missoulian: GOP leaders: Bill to build wall will cost up to $15 billion
Secure Border Initiative Fence Construction Costs
“CBP had completed about 73 miles of primary SBI fencing costing approximately $198 million as of September 30, 2007, and about 215 miles of fencing costing about $625 million as of October 31, 2008. Seventy-one of the miles completed as of September 30, 2007, were pedestrian fencing completed at costs ranging from $400,000 to $4.8 million per mile and averaging $2.8 million per mile. CBP had also finished about 2 miles of vehicle fencing at a cost of $2.8 million.”

Good Neighbor Environmental Board (GNEB): Reports to the President of the United States

Missoulian: Trump signs immigration actions to build border wall
Executive Order: Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements

Missoulian: Trump's immigration actions mark sharp shift in US policy
Executive Order: Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States

Bullock's State of the State Address / Oil Pipelines / Federal Hiring Freeze

Missoulian: In State of the State, Bullock calls for collaboration to tackle cash crunch

 As Prepared for Delivery: Montana Governor Steve Bullock's 2017 State of the State Address

Missoulian: President Trump's pipeline announcement divides Montanans
Presidential Memorandum Regarding Construction of American Pipelines
Presidential Memorandum Regarding Construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline
Presidential Memorandum Regarding Construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline
Executive Order Expediting Environmental Reviews and Approvals For High Priority Infrastructure Projects

Missoulian: Trump hiring freeze leaves Forest Service workers wondering about firefighting jobs

Presidential Memorandum Regarding the Hiring Freeze

Banning Bikes / Medical Marijuana

Missoulian: Bill banning bicyclists on highways without shoulders to be re-drafted after negative feedback
Restrict bicycle, pedestrian travel on certain rural highways

Missoulian: Bill would fix start-date of medical marijuana initiative

Eliminate workers' compensation evidentiary presumption regarding physicians

State Social Media / Right to Know in Montana

Missoulian: Montana lacks consistency across state offices in managing, retaining social media

Montana Code Annotated: Public records
Montana State Library: State publications
“The Montana State Library collects and provides permanent public access to state publications produced by state agencies.” Including archive websites.

Missoulian: Right to Know in Montana: State struggles to comply with open government law, constitution in the digital age

Right to Know and Right of Privacy Laws
“Right to Know – Article II, section 9 of the Montana Constitution provides that:
“No person shall be deprived of the right to examine documents or to observe the deliberations of all public bodies or agencies of state government and its subdivisions, except in cases in which the demand of individual privacy clearly exceeds the merits of public disclosure.”

Right of Privacy –Article II, section 10 provides that:
“The right of individual privacy is essential to the well-being of a free society and shall not be infringed without the showing of a compelling state interest.”