Just a few months earlier, Montana’s bipartisan redistricting commission had approved a new map for the state’s 150 legislative districts, and the district where Fyant lived was now more ...

“In making my decision, I looked at what I thought was fair for all Montana. I had two maps that the information provided to me indicated that for the congressional seat, which is the seat this ...

Read spent two months calling people in Montana to inquire about their local news environment for the study. This included “the librarian and the county clerk, and maybe the manager of a history ...