As of Saturday, May 22, 2021, Montana reports 111,168 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 128 new cases reported in the last day: 42 in Cascade County, 18 in Yellowstone County, 13 in Flathead County, 9 in Ravalli County, and more new cases in 19 more Montana counties. The number of active coronavirus cases in Montana is 941. Currently, 63 people are being treated in Montana hospitals for COVID-19. The most active cases are in Cascade, Yellowstone, and Flathead Counties. 1,603 people have died in Montana of COVID-19. Nationwide, more than 588,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. There have been 33,100,000 cases of coronavirus in the US, and counting.

Pope Francis, who has frequently spoken out on environmental issues, will trade in his current gas-powered popemobile for a new electric model running entirely on battery power. The pontiff met Thursday with Henrik Fisker and Geeta Gupta-Fisker, founders of the California-based electric car startup company Fisker, which will deliver the late next year. It will be based on the Fisker Ocean SUV the company plans to put in production in 2022.

A Butte nun, a longtime county court clerk and handful of other plaintiffs filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Montana secretary of state, seeking to void a bill passed by Republicans to elect the Supreme Court by districts. The lawsuit is another legal challenge to the GOP-led judicial reforms that passed out of the 2021 Legislature.