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Head of the Montana State News Bureau covering everything under the Big Sky. Superfan of all dogs. Must be fed regularly, or else. holly.michels @lee .net

Helena, MT
Joined May 2008
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
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Ahhhh AaaahhhHHHHHHH AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Can’t sleep, stumbled upon some real local drama with the farmers market
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Bozeman going for it
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@PAYOLETTER I don’t think they could care less
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But today press was not allowed to take notes from the public area of the room. Credentials not needed for this space, it's for the public that comes to speak on bills. Lobbyists, etc, are on laptops all the time in this space. Regier said no laptops today was specific to press.
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House Judiciary Chair Amy Regier limited press from being able to take notes in the public area of the meeting room today. They have limited the number of press allowed in the media area all session, that's the chair's prerogative. #mtpol #mtleg
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Love Montana’s lakes in the summer 😍
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Meet Murray John, 5 pounds and 11 ounces of wonder who came onto the scene ready for a snack just like his mom and looks like a tiny version of his dad. I’ll be away from Montana journalism for a few months while this buddy starts learning all about the whole wide world.
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Travel bloggers in Montana are like: “We felt the pull of the open road, so we stocked up on provisions and traversed the pass over Route 90 from Bozeman to Livingston, a 30-mile journey that took us back in time to the Authentic West.”
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Me, drunk on a street corner in NYC yelling “NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT BUTTE COPPER.”
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4 years
Former $ front runner on Dems side of #mtsen race drops out #mtpol
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5 years
Can we send someone to check on @Oregonian
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OF COURSE this is the weirdest thing I’ve seen in Brooklyn
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NO
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Leadership directed a sgt to have press leave the anteroom. We just asked for clarification since the 2-hr rule is not in place since there’s no floor session that we are two hours away from. We also asked that they have lawmakers or their team come speak to us to explain.
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@Elana_Brooklyn @civilagain @slooterman One doc told me the lumps I could feel on the outside of my body were “probably poop” and another gyno said they weren’t a big deal. Finally got a specialist who removed 22 fibroids of 7+ cm each. Fun!
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#mtpol #mtleg Speaker did not take questions, went into his office and closed the door after
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My job
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Liz Plank (SUBSCRIBE TO MY SUBSTACK)
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Ladies, what is the most innocuous thing you've done that made some guy call you a f*cking b*tch?
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Right to work voted down #mtpol #mtleg
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I just bought a beer for $1.50 in a Montana bar (total dinner bill $6.50), so yes, I’d say this is the best state.
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We went to the prime stick spot so Sage could pick out whatever he wanted for his birthday,* which is today. *not really his birthday, but the day he came home from the shelter, which is one of the best days
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I'm sorry but what the actual ...
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“Montana’s just one state,” @AnnieLowrey writes. “But it did something—and maybe enough—to fix its housing crisis.”
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The Senate just killed both charter school bills #mtpol #mtleg
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This is in the Capitol first floor #mtpol #mtleg
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Happy 10-year anniversary to the time I tried to take a quilt photo in Park County
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More snow isn’t always a bad thing.
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This is sending sgt staff that press have good relationships with and we are all just doing our jobs. So it’s awkward for all involved but stg are being respectful of press and we’re explaining we are here waiting to ask questions of the speaker.
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So press is getting booted from the building right now under security measures? This is via DOA, is what press is being told. The building is "closed to the public." #mtpol #mtleg
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Counting five arrested #mtpol #mtleg
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4 years
I know everyone wants to say the most universally recognizable sound in Montana is like a shotgun or something, but really it’s the double beeps of a Subaru being locked with the remote.
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HI GUESS WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO PULL A CHEST TUBE OUT OF LUNG AND THEN I AM GOING HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TODAY!!!!!!!!!!
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This is honestly the best billboard ever made
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4 years
Bullock issues statewide mask order for counties w/ 4+ active cases. Some indoor settings and outdoor w/ 50+ when distancing not possible. Effective immediately.
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yehaw
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"societal failure"
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I’m not making the laws, I’m writing about them. Just a lil reminder as you’re putting together your hate mail!
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State Senate president and speaker of the state House sign onto a letter w/ 37 other state GOP legislators supporting Matt Rosendale, not Tim Sheehy, for the U.S. Senate race against Tester. This is opposite of GOP U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, who backs Sheehy. #mtpol #mtleg
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Zephyr speaking
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Recording from the audience has happened throughout the session.
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hi I’m reporting in rural Iowa today
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. @GovernorBullock 's response to GOP legislative leadership's letter to him earlier this week #mtpol #covid19mt
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This is being shared with press on behalf of former Gov. Racicot
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Press is hearing that the motion will be as Dems said last night, to block Zephyr from the floor. So she'd vote remotely for the rest of the session, if the motion passes. Also hearing that the House galleries will be closed for the rest of the session. #mtpol #mtleg
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Helena is outdoing itself this morning
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GUESS WHO IS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL!
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GUESS WHAT, NO MORE CHEST TUBE
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Just wanted to point out to everyone who keeps saying statehouse reporting is dead because local news is on life support, there are seven reporters here covering the Montana state Senate. On a Saturday.
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Uhhhh
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Montana Sen. Tester confesses he doesn’t watch Yellowstone First misstep of his up-in-the air reelex campaign?
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Montana registered voters have already returned 17,163 ballots!
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I speak for all Montanans when I say "don't screw it up."
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BREAKING: A well-known Montana hot springs resort is under new ownership. Diamond Rock Hospitality, based in Maryland, announced in a news release that it has purchased Chico Hot Springs in Paradise Valley for $33 million.
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Spox for the speaker won’t give a reason for why the floor session is canceled. Speaker won’t take questions, press was told to send in writing. House has a lot of work left to do with 9 days left in the session.
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Well, we’re back here again. Had a venogram Thursday that showed serious blockage in my vein. Docs went back in and found much more scar damage than expected. Spent six hours in the OR and left with some spare leg vein serving as a bypass in my shoulder. Bodies are weird!
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People have note-taking items
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Ended up back in the hospital for a chest tube, which has already pulled 600+ ml of fluid from my left lung. Keep on draining, buddy!
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HEY LOOK IT’S THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOSPITAL,WHICH IS WHERE I AM!!!!!
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To be honest the only thing my brain can process from these photos is that they’re about to launch a run for political office in Montana.
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All men eventually head west (and are convinced they're the first to do so).
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I AM SO MAD THAT THIS STORY of which I have only read the headline DOES NOT HAVE THE DETAILS I WANT that are in the third, fourth and sixth paragraphs
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Please stop calling it camping
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NBC Montana
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Bozeman is taking action to regulate camping on city rights-of-way. City staff will propose an ordinance for the Commission to consider that would set restrictions on the time, place and manner where people can shelter or camp in the public right-of-way.
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Fully vaccinated in 20 minutes, gonna go lick the wall at Jester’s
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This morning’s inbox: “It’s crucial now more than ever to have local reporters.” “Your work is invaluable.” And someone sent a beautiful photo of their perfect dog 😭🥹😭
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much fan mail "You are a disappointment to your profession."
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Pulled off I-90 and drove down the road a bit to find a place to pee. The true gentleman who pulled off right behind me must have guessed what I was doing and gave me the prime spot while he utilized the shoulder of the on-ramp for his business and that’s Montana values.
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Can’t imagine what it’s like trying to find a hotel room in Bozeman tonight …
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“the wood tones Montana is so well known for”
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hahahahahaha
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Spokane lololol
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Laptops as well
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I am intensely proud of the work our team has done this session. I just looked at our story budget for the day and it's reflective of reporters with deep knowledge of their coverage areas, which shows in the stories they write:
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Zephyr just walked into the House floor. Some lawmakers are there at their desks doing work, etc.
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I sewed this and !!!!!!!!!!
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This went down on a 4-6 vote this morning. The motion was to bring the bill off the table. Didn't happen. #mtpol #mtleg
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A broad title strike amendment late in the session always means something’s up … jungle primaries proposal coming again to a Legislature near you #mtpol #mtleg
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Step 1: be in big city Step 2: put on Blackfoot shirt Step 3: immediately meet every Montana resident in a 20-block radius
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In a state with 8 tribes, 7 reservations, Trump is talking about "Pocahontas" (Elizabeth Warren) making jokes about DNA tests. #mtpol #trumpGF
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Speaker spox and sgt at arms now conferring on the House floor
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TRO granted against HB 359, the drag ban, as Montana Pride is set to kick off Sunday #mtpol #mtleg @mtnews
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The wife of a man who was going to appear in opposition to an ag bill just hopped on the Zoom to say they "literally just had a calf right now" so he's unable to testify at the moment. #mtpol #mtleg #mtproblems
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Here's the text AG Knudsen sent to Mark Taylor, a board member at St. Peter's. The AG says "I'm about to send law enforcement in and file an unlawful restraint charge" and "my patience is almost gone."
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Overlooks common type of racism in Montana: against Natives
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Per an analysis of Google searches, these are the most racist places in America.
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😍😍😍
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I’ve seen a lot of cool clouds, but this might be the best so far. #montana #mtwx
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Someone asked me today when Montana started to change and this is probably the best I can pinpoint it
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Neighbor boys are socially distancing by making sure they're minimum 6 feet apart as they both pee in the front yard that faces a) a busy street and b) my house. Montana!
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Rep. Zephyr punched in to speak on this and wasn't recognized by Speaker Reger. Minority Leader Abbott rising in proest. Regier tells Abbott he denied her over rules/decorum. #mtpol #mtleg
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FIRST SHOT DONE!
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Another satisfied reader
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This account is now dedicated to the tiny bunnies I’ll be sewing for the rest of my days.
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Lots of laptop use happens from the audience in Judiciary
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If the thing you say about Montana as someone who vacations there is that Bozeman and Missoula are wonderful but Butte and Great Falls are real dumps, that tells me a lot about you.
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ah yes, gold and silver, the things Butte’s open-pit mines are best known for producing.
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My new favorite hobby is losing my mind over the photos used to promote Montana for tourism vs what Montana actually looks like this summer
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We’re almost 40, you don’t think we’re hip-deep in the drama of people buying Ring cameras specifically to post video of that one guy who doesn’t pick up his dog’s 💩?
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Millennials and Gen Z have no idea that the most bonkers social network is actually Nextdoor.
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Just because this came up in Approps today, liquor sales in Montana went up 35% this year.
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Montana is expanding Phase 1b to those 60+ and 16-59 with some qualifying conditions, such as cystic fibrosis, asthma, liver disease Starts Monday. #mtpol #mtleg
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Am I doing this right? Might be getting this chest tube pulled later today!!!!!!!!!!
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“There’s not much there” is the funniest thing someone in Helena can say about Billings
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