Independent Record – Chuck Johnson  – Mar 25, 2014 – The Montana Supreme Court ruled in our favor today and struck LR-127 from the 2014 ballot because the title was unlawfully long. There will be no “jungle primary” in Montana. Thanks to our clients, MEA-MFT, Montana AFL-CIO, Montana Public Employees Association, Montana Human Rights Network and AFSCME for challenging this referendum.  More info… ————————— The Montana Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked the state from placing a legislative referendum on the November ballot that, if passed, would greatly change how the state’s primary elections work. By a 6-1 majority, with Justice Laurie […]

The New York Times – By Reed Abelson, Katie Thomas and Jo Craven McGinty – Oct. 23, 2013 – Montana Health CO-OP featured today in the New York Times. CO-OPs are holding down rates. Rates are 9% lower in CO-OP states. Without them, rates are still high in rural states. “If co-ops are the game-changing, paradigm-changing force that we hope and expect them to be, they will permanently drive down rates,” said John Morrison, the president of the board of the National Alliance of State Health CO-OPs, which recently released a study concluding that premiums were lower in states with co-ops. […]