Photo provided by Cameron Abell, Billings Firefighters Finally, Firefighters Secure the Protection They Deserve After 20 Years of Fighting Gov. Steve Bullock will sign the firefighter health and safety bill into law on Thursday, April 18. Finally, the men and...
MedEx, infrastructure, budget: it’s your move, legislators Bridget Creel feature cartoon. Capitol Corner: New at the Legislature Every two years, Montana’s 100-member House of Representatives and 50-member Senate gather in Helena for 90 days of budget negotiations, lawmaking and shenanigans....
How Will Our Firefighters Fare at the Legislature This Time Around? The Firefighter Health and Safety Bill passed unanimously, 19-0, in the House Business and Labor Committee on April 3 at our Montana Legislature. Now it heads to the House...
Participants in a saw class in 2017. Photo courtesy of Cameron Abell, Billings Firefighters A Tired Refrain: Fighting for Obvious Health Coverage There is a sentence in the first article Prairie Populist published about the Firefighter Health and Safety Bill...
Bridget Creel feature cartoon. CAPITOL CORNER: THIS WEEK AT THE LEGISLATURE Tensions arise as heavy ticket items take center stage Every two years, Montana’s 100-member House of Representatives and 50-member Senate gather in Helena for 90 days of budget negotiations,...
Jill and Jason Baker in their early days of dating. Photo Courtesy of Jill Baker Prairie Populist Remembers a Warrior, Fighter and Brother “We gather here today to pay respects to a warrior: at home, out in the field, and...
Feature photo of Jason and Jill Baker, courtesy of the Bakers. Jason Baker, Firefighter Health and Safety Bill Warrior, Loses Life to Cancer Prairie Populist mourns the loss of Great Falls City Firefighter Jason Baker, who lost his fight with Stage IV lung cancer Wednesday morning. Jason,...
Haven’t read our previous coverage on firefighters? Read our article about Jason Baker and his fight against cancer here. It doesn’t happen often, but every once in a while, the state legislature takes on a bill that is really a...
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