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  • Failed legislation leaves Colstrip's future largely up in the air

    Zachariah Bryan, Community News Service University of Montana School of Journalism|May 10, 2017

    When Montana's 2017 Legislature adjourned on April 28, Sen. Duane Ankney, R-Colstrip, ended almost right where he began. At the session's beginning, he helped draw up several bills that would help his community, which is facing the impending closure of two out of four units at its massive coal-fired electrical plant. By the time lawmakers left the Capitol, many of the bills – aimed at easing impacts on jobs, tax revenues and real estate – were dead. “The Legislature had opportunities to intervene in this policy conversation and they chose not t...