MT Pays $60k, Settles Public Records Case Over Pipeline Docs

The state of Montana has paid $60,000 to the ACLU of Montana as part of a settlement over its initial refusal to release documents related to its preparations for anticipated protests against the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline. 

By Associated Press 

Feb. 28, 2022, at 4:21 p.m. 

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The state of Montana has paid more than $60,000 to the ACLU of Montana to settle a case over its refusal to release documents related to the state’s preparations for anticipated protests against the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline that was to cross northeastern Montana. 

State records show the settlement between the Division of Criminal Justice, the Department of Disaster and Emergency Services and the ACLU was approved last September, the Montana State News Bureau reported. The case was dismissed in October. 

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