State Senator Susan Webber of Browning swings by MCVcast to talk about Senator Steve Daines’s poorly reasoned opposition to Interior nominee Deb Haaland, state legislation affecting tribal sovereignty, and her push for Indigenous Peoples Day in Montana. Plus, Whitney Tawney, Jake Brown, Whitner Chase and Aaron Murphy explore the week’s highlights in the Montana Legislature, a striking new coal forecast, and new numbers about Montanans’ views on public lands and conservation. LINKS:

* SB 169: Unnecessary voter ID law passes committee: http://bit.ly/374DS0Q

* HB 320: Prohibiting the sale of transferred federal land: http://bit.ly/3jH25zo

* HB 241: Allowing non-natives to hunt on tribal land: http://bit.ly/374laqc

* Wolf Management bills: http://bit.ly/3pbRTjq

* Sen. Jon Tester’s Spotlight Act: http://bit.ly/3p5yFfq

* MCV Letter to Steve Daines re: Interior Nominee Deb Haaland: https://bit.ly/3d4letG

* Daines’s Statement on Haaland: http://bit.ly/3q7hIm5

* Call Steve Daines: (202) 224-2651

* Federal judge backs expansion of Montana coal mine: http://bit.ly/3piUloA

* Morgan Stanley predicts end of coal by 2033: http://bit.ly/2OtameO

* Colorado College’s 2021 Western States Survey: https://bit.ly/3a92VBU

* MCV’s response to Western States Survey: http://bit.ly/3jDxoex

* Bullock to co-chair American Bridge: http://bit.ly/2Za38P0