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A bill in the Montana Legislature that would limit state officials' ability to regulate air quality standards has advanced to the Senate floor. This comes amid ongoing changes at the federal level to loosen regulations.
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Family planning clinics across the state are facing a funding freeze handed down by the Trump Administration. Montana’s $2 million grant is one of a few targeted.
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Trump Administration recently announced that it wanted to rework a federal program that would provides Montana with $629 million for broadband infrastructure. The parent company of Big Sky Resort agreed to pay more than $25 million to settle a lawsuit brought by property owners on the mountain.
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A Missoula judge blocked a new law restricting which public accommodations transgender, nonbinary and intersex Montanans can access. It requires that people use gender-specific public accommodations, like bathrooms or sleeping quarters, according to the reproductive anatomy they were born with.
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People on fixed incomes hoping to apply for Montana’s property tax assistance program will need to get their paperwork in by April 15. Qualifying applicants could receive a reduced property tax rate of up to 80 percent on the first $350,000 of their home’s market value.
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Gov. Greg Gianforte Tuesday signed a bill intended to help the state’s public schools recover money lost to inflation.
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Montana lawmakers recently passed a bill that will allow communities with a resort tax to fund workforce housing to help Montanans live where they work.
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Montanans with severe mental illnesses that are accused of crimes can languish in jail for more than a year as they wait for a bed at the state psychiatric hospital. New legislation would build a facility for those patients in eastern Montana.
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The Montana Senate voted to punish a Hamilton Republican Tuesday following an ethics investigation into claims he abused his power and wasted taxpayer dollars.
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Strange bedfellows are united behind proposed tax credits for middle to low-income families at the Montana Legislature. There are differing motivations behind the shared goal.