Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 21h📢 The Trump administration decided to roll back greenhouse gas emissions requirements for U.S. power plants. The decision will go into effect on November 16, with support from Montana officials. 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 02/10/2026📢 The Trump administration has rescinded a Biden-era policy that extended the federal ban on sex discrimination in schools to also protect LGBTQ2S+ people. 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Forward Montana will be hosting a Montana Supreme Court Candidate 👩⚖️ Meet & Greet 🤝 in Bozeman! 110
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 01/10/2026❓What does Montana’s Public Service Commission (PSC) have to do with life here in the Flathead 🌄? Come to our PSC Candidate Forum 🎙️ to find out! 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 30/09/2026📢 The Census Bureau is considering removing questions about race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation from the 2030 Census questionnaire. The Bureau is also considering excluding non-citizens from the data. 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 29/09/2026📢 A federal judge ordered the release of 24 immigration detainees in Montana recently, and more are expected to be released as a class-action immigration lawsuit case continues. 122
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 28/09/2026🗳️ Voting is an important part of our society. Without it, we wouldn’t be able to make decisions that affect our daily lives. 💬 We asked our staff why they care about voting and why you should, too! 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 24/09/2026❔ Are you curious about who you’ll be voting ✅ for in November? We have the event for you! 🧡 Forward Montana is hosting a “Bean BOOzled” 👻 candidate forum 💬 for House Districts 94, 97, 98, 99, and 100, as well as Senate District 49! 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 24/09/2026🗳️ Sample ballots are available to registered Montana voters to view before November 3. There are more than 800 different ballot styles, based on districts, precincts, etc. ❗ A sample ballot allows voters to review the races, candidates, and ballot issues that will appear on their official ballot. 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 23/09/2026📢 Earlier this month, Gov. Gianforte announced his support for a flat 4.7% state income tax 💸, arguing that a flat rate would boost the state’s economy. In July, a handful of Republicans in Senate leadership announced their support for this effort. 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 23/09/2026📢 Montanans Decide is the campaign for CI-133 – which aims to protect one of the most powerful tools of direct democracy – the citizen-led ballot measure process. 🗳️ 110
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 22/09/2026❗ Your electricity 💡 rates don’t go up by accident. Check out the reporting 📝 done by Montana Environmental Information Center 🌳 to understand what’s jacking up Montanans’ energy bills. 📈 000
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 22/09/2026❗ Join us at our 📍 Bozeman office (1165 N 14th Ave Suite 2B) from ⏰ 5-8 PM for our Postcard Party tonight! 💌 Come hang, enjoy some light snacks 🍿, connect with the community 🤝, and help us get out the word 🗣️ to vote in the upcoming general election! 110
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 21/09/2026❗ Join us at the Billings Public Library 📚 TONIGHT from 5-8 PM for Forward Montana's Stitch & Bitch 🧶 and Postcard Party! 📩 We will be promoting Get Out The Vote 🗳️, crafting together 🪡, and writing postcards 📬 to our community to encourage our neighbors to vote ✅ this midterm election! 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 18/09/2026⁉️ Looking for a way to get your community involved in the upcoming election? Check out our voting related memes on SoSha. 🗳️ 📱 Scroll through to find a meme and caption you like. Then, post it on your social media accounts to encourage the people you care 🫂 about to vote this November! 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 18/09/2026🗣️ The U.S. Forest Service has extended the public comment period for the repeal of the Roadless Rule until October 6. 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 17/09/2026🏢 Quantica plans to use 20,000 gallons of water per day for their proposed data center in Broadview. 🏗️ During peak construction, they expect to use 150,000 gallons per day. 💧 The water comes from the Deep Madison Group Aquifer, accessed through a deep well about 5,000 feet below ground. 110
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 16/09/2026❗ Billings Public Schools has expanded their offering of Indigenous languages by including an in-person class on the Crow language. 🤝🏽 The school district has about 2,000 Native American students out of a total 16,000. 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 15/09/2026❗ Planned Parenthood is coming to Bozeman in 2027! 🧑⚕️ The clinic will provide abortion services, adding another option for people in Montana. 220
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 15/09/2026❗ GOOD NEWS ❗ The Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to restrict mail 📬 voting for November’s midterm elections. 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 14/09/2026🇺🇸 National Voter Registration Day is tomorrow, Sept. 15! Join us in celebrating by registering to vote 🗳️ and encouraging your friends 🤝 and family 👪 to register, too. Registering to vote is easy, and we have volunteers and staff ready to help. 🧡 110
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 11/09/2026📢 Many people are worried about Elon Musk’s new effort to steal voter information, a website called votesafe.org. ❗ DO NOT USE THIS SITE ❗ It isn’t safe or run by the government. 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 09/09/2026📢 The Trump administration is walking back access to birth control for some people, including withholding funding from a program that guarantees access to contraception for low income people. 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 09/09/2026❗ State lawmakers voted to subpoena information about Montana’s voter registry from Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen to determine what voter information her office has shared with the federal government. 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 04/09/2026❔ Unsure if you’re registered to vote in Montana? 🔗 Click here to find out: voteinmt.org/check-your-status. ✅ To register to vote, complete our online form 📝 and receive a pre-filled voter registration form to sign and return to your county elections office. 🔗 Find the form here: mtvr.org/fmt. 110
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 02/09/2026❗ The midterms in November are pivotal to both federal and state-level elections, with the outcomes having direct effects on the lives of Montanans. 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 01/09/2026❗ Trump announced plans to lower import tariffs for 90 days on 300,000 metric tons of imported ground beef. A White House proclamation on Wednesday said countries can import beef at lower rates starting today. 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 01/09/2026❗ State sen. Daniel Zolnikov, R-Billings, is facing opposition from write-in candidates Cari Olson and Elijah Tidswell. 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Are you looking 👀 for a way to make a positive impact ➕ in your community (& have fun 🎉 while doing so)? You're in luck! 🍀 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 28/08/2026📢 Despite its recent win in the Supreme Court, Trump’s Department of Justice has faced 23 losses in district court for its fight to access states’ voter rolls. 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 28/08/2026🧶 The last Monday of this month is coming up and you know what that means! Forward Montana and The Center's Stitch & Bitch 🪡 is here! 120
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 28/08/2026📢 In the Flathead Valley, 55 households are taking control of their housing future, after residents joined together to buy the land beneath their homes, creating the valley’s fifth resident-owned community. 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 27/08/2026❗ The Montana Office of Public Instruction agreed to a landmark settlement that keeps Montana schools accountable for implementing the state constitution’s guarantee to teach Indigenous people’s history. 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 26/08/2026📢 A judge ordered the release of a Billings father and 9-year-old daughter from immigration custody in Havre last week. On Aug. 11, Border Patrol agents arrested Adrián Espinoza De La Cruz and his daughter while they were driving in Billings. 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 25/08/2026📢 We want to preface what we’re about to say with a reminder that you should still feel comfortable voting and that everything is the same. You can still receive a mail-in ballot, vote, and return it via mail. Don’t panic over the recent U.S. Supreme Court’s very narrow decision. 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 24/08/2026📢 Last week, the Trump administration proposed rescinding the Roadless Rule, a 25-year-old policy that stops road construction 🚧 and logging 🌳 on about 45 million acres of national forest land. The rule protects nearly 6 million acres of federal public land in Montana. 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 24/08/2026📢 Missoula is trying to address homelessness in young adults aging out of foster care. Last year, Homeword, a Missoula-based nonprofit, purchased a four-plex, the Cube, to provide housing for these young adults who are particularly vulnerable to homelessness. 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 21/08/2026🧑⚖️ The Montana Supreme Court is the highest court in the state. It decides questions of state law that affect policy and individual rights. The Montana Supreme Court is pivotal in addressing contemporary challenges, protecting our rights and freedoms as Montanans. 100
Reposted by Forward MontanaDemocracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 19/08/2026📬 Restricting mail voting is a core component of Trump’s plan to undermine the 2026 midterms. And yet, when it came time to cast his own ballot this month, Trump voted by mail — again. 🤔 Confronted with this hypocrisy, Trump has used a convenient excuse: demdock.com/3U4wOwA 524891
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 19/08/2026📢 Last week, a Missoula district court judge heard oral arguments 🗣️ challenging a 2025 state law that changes how trans 🏳️⚧️ and intersex Montanans use public bathrooms 🚻 and other spaces. 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 18/08/2026❗ Last week, the Fort Peck Tribal Executive Board voted to ban ❌ discussions to build data centers on the reservation. The Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes have been approached by three companies interested in building data centers 🏬 on the reservation in the last year. 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 17/08/2026📢 On Wednesday, the Trump administration renewed its request to the U.S. Supreme Court 🧑⚖️ to quickly decide a case over an executive order restricting voting. On Tuesday, a U.S. district judge blocked ❌ Trump’s executive order 📝 from taking effect anywhere in the country. 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 14/08/2026❗ A Yellowstone County judge 🧑⚖️ denied ❌ a Broadview citizen’s effort to continue gathering signatures 📝 to place a ban on data centers on the November ballot, 🗳️ likely killing the measure. The judge ruled Tuesday that the deadline to collect signatures had already passed. 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 13/08/2026📢 In another effort to disenfranchise voters, Trump is targeting 🎯 voting machines, which include ballot marking devices and barcodes. These machines make it easier for people with disabilities ♿ to vote. 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 12/08/2026❗ Keep yourself safe during wildfire season ❗ 🤒 If you’re feeling especially tired, irritable, unfocused, physically ill, and depressed, it may be because of heavy wildfire smoke. 💨 Fires in Oregon, Washington, & Montana are making the air quality unhealthy–indexes of 150 and higher–for Montanans. 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 11/08/2026❗ Tribal communities in Montana are concerned about the new Medicaid work requirements, which went into effect on July 1, and how they could affect their access to care. 132
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 10/08/2026❗ Grant cuts and changes to SNAP from the “One Big Beautiful Bill” have resulted in food 🥕 banks in the Flathead and other parts of Montana needing to fill the gaps. 110
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 07/08/2026🌳 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced over $2.9 million 💸 for tribes through the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling ♻️ grant program. EPA selected the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe in SD and the Fort Belknap Indian Community (FBIC) in MT to receive grants. 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 06/08/2026❗ The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services announced it is opening grants 📝 for rural emergency medical services across the state. There is $4 million available which can be used to upgrade ambulances 🚑 or equipment. 🩺 100
Forward Montana @forwardmontana.bsky.social · 06/08/2026❗ A petition to require data center developments in Yellowstone County to receive voter approval ✅ needed to deliver signatures by July 13. Yellowstone County initiative organizers have been operating under the wrong deadline, Aug. 12, for months. 100