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Decision invalidates gray wolf delisting rule

August 06, 2010 | By PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Author: Daniel Himebaugh As this blog predicted, Judge Donald Molloy of the District of Montana has vacated the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's 2009 rule delisting the Northern Rocky Mountain gray wolf distinct population segment (DPS).  The Service's rule had lifted ESA-related restrictions throughout Montana, Idaho, and parts of ...

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PLF attorney to present at Montana property rights conference

August 08, 2014 | By PAUL BEARD

The Montana Property Rights Conference will take place next week, on August 14 and August 15, at the Northern Hotel in Billings, Montana.  As a keynote speaker, I will open the conference at 1:00 p.m. with a discussion of environmental and land-use issues, including PLF’s United States Supreme Court win last year in Koontz v. … ...

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Montana tries to get our Competitor's Veto lawsuit kicked out of court

April 02, 2015 | By ANASTASIA BODEN

Today we asked a Federal court not to throw out our case challenging Montana’s Competitor’s Veto law.  Our client, Tracie Pabst, has owned shuttle companies in Montana, North Dakota, New Mexico, and Texas, and has provided service to over 170,000 passengers without a single accident or moving violation.  Now she wants to open a taxi ...

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Montana takes a step toward economic liberty

April 24, 2015 | By ANASTASIA BODEN

Thanks to PLF’s lawsuit, yesterday the Montana legislature gave final approval to a bill that would eliminate the state’s Competitor’s Veto law for taxi companies. Under current law, existing transportation businesses are allowed to essentially veto any new competition from people who want to start new taxi businesses. We& ...

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Big win for economic liberty in the Big Sky State

May 11, 2015 | By ANASTASIA BODEN

Thanks to PLF’s lawsuit, Montana Governor Steve Bullock signed SB 396 into law on Friday, which gets rid of the state’s Competitor’s Veto law and allows PLF client Tracie Pabst to start a taxi company without asking her competitors for permission first.  The bill is a big win for economic liberty, as it also allows … ...

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Genuine school choice in Montana faces a new threat

November 17, 2015 | By ETHAN BLEVINS

A proposed rule in Montana is threatening to geld the state’s fledgling school choice law. Montana passed a scholarship tax credit law earlier this year. The program offers tax credits for donors who contribute to the program. The money goes to student scholarship organizations, which provide tuition assistance for students who want to atte ...

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School choice in Montana helps public schools too

November 18, 2015 | By WENCONG FA

As my colleague Ethan Blevins discussed yesterday, we filed written testimony urging the Montana Department of Revenue to reconsider proposed regulations that would severely limit school choice in Montana. In May, the Montana legislature enacted the state’s first school choice program, which allowed students to use scholarships funded by pri ...

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Montana residents : PLF is interested in sharing your stories on school choice

December 03, 2015 | By WENCONG FA

As readers of this blog know, PLF will be challenging Montana regulations that impede the ability of Montana parents to send their children to religious private schools. I was in Helena, Montana last month and testified that the regulations are inconsistent with legislative intent, and violate the United States Constitution. Now we want to h ...

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School choice helps students, families, and schools

December 14, 2015 | By WENCONG FA

The Missoulian has published my guest column on Montana’s Scholarship Tax Credit Program. As you may recall, the Montana legislature enacted the program to provide parents with the opportunity to send their children to any private school in Montana. The Department of Revenue, however, recently proposed rules that unconstitutionally singles ou ...