I just can’t stop shaking my head at the absurdity of it all. Yesterday afternoon, a lawsuit was filed in the Northern District of Texas by the Texas attorney general and 10 other states (and several local school boards). (more…) Continue Reading →
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Local cops, federal money: How much is too much?
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Eight times a year, on average, the Billings Police Department deploys its Special Weapons and Tactics team, 12 officers wearing heavy armor and toting semiautomatic and automatic weapons. In almost all cases, they are executing high-risk search warrants at the homes of suspected drug dealers, and they roll up in the BEAR, the Yellowstone County Sheriff’s Department’s 35,000-pound Ballistic Engineered Armored Response vehicle. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Billings, News, ACLU, Amy Cannata, Billings Police Department, Ferguson, Mike Linder, Pat Weber
Looking at regrets, what-ifs in the wake of NDO’s defeat
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Jani McCall didn’t sleep much Tuesday. She is the Billings City Council member who first suggested, in December, that the city consider a nondiscrimination ordinance. Tuesday morning, the NDO went down on a 6-5 vote, with Mayor Tom Hanel casting the deciding vote shortly after 3 a.m. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Billings, News, ACLU, Brent Cromley, Denis Pitman, Jani McCall, Liz Welch, NDO
Mayor Hanel in the hot seat for Monday’s NDO vote
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All eyes will be on Mayor Tom Hanel Monday night, when the Billings City Council is finally scheduled to vote on a nondiscrimination ordinance. Hanel appears to be the swing vote on the 11-member council, and on a roll-call vote the mayor is traditionally the last one to cast his vote. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Billings, News, ACLU, Billings City Council, Dick Pence, Jani McCall, Liz Welch, Mayor Tom Hanel
NDO supporters encouraged to keep up the fight
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Hope Errico Wisneski told supporters of a nondiscrimination ordinance in Billings on Tuesday that they are moving forward swiftly, however slow the process might seem. Things truly move slowly in Washington, D.C., she said, which is why the Human Rights Campaign is working for change in states and individual communities. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Billings, News, ACLU, Billings City Council, Hope Errico Wisneski, Human Rights Campaign, Jani McCall, Ken Crouch
Prairie Lights: Recalling a key chapter in battle against hate
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As Billings plays host this weekend to the 20th anniversary Not In Our Town National Leadership Gathering, it’s hard not to feel some pride in this community’s stand against hate and intolerance. (more…) Continue Reading →
Filed under: Prairie Lights, ACLU, Brian Schnitzer, Bruce Fredrickson, Don Roberts, James Patten, Joel Guthals, John Abarr
Rocky president stands by speaker, debate continues
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Greg Gianforte, the Bozeman entrepreneur whose planned commencement speech at Montana Tech in Butte sparked talk of a boycott, offered to “step down” from giving a similar speech at Rocky Mountain College next month. But Robert Wilmouth, president of the private college in Billings, insisted that Gianforte give the commencement address as planned. (more…) Continue Reading →