Some of Montana’s largest counties are rejecting more ballots than usual this election. A new requirement is tripping up voters. State law now requires mail-in voters to write their birth year in addition to their signature.
        
        
            
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                        One of the most versatile musicians of any genre: Mandolinist and multi-instrumentalist, composer, and songwriter Sam Bush returns to Musician's Spotlight, his third appearance on the program.
 
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                        This mini episode of ‘The Write Question’ is actually an excerpt of a much longer conversation with Lorissa Rinehart, author of ‘Winning the Earthquake: How Jeannette Rankin Defied All Odds to Become the First Woman in Congress,’ which publishes this Tuesday, November 4, 2025 (St. Martin’s Press). Absent from this excerpt, but included in the extended conversation, is Karen Sterk, the CEO of the Jeannette Rankin Foundation.
 
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                        Summer brings more than blue skies and hot days to Montana. It’s during this time of the year that white-tailed deer fawns are born.
 
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                        Two judges have ordered the Trump administration to fund SNAP benefits. And, New York City voters head to the polls tomorrow to choose between Zohran Mamdani and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the mayoral race.
 
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                        A paleontologist was trying to locate the site of a famous 1908 discovery when a rancher in Wyoming shared an important clue.