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The House has approved a proposal to eliminate $700 million in already-approved funding for public media. If enacted, it would strip essential services and could force rural stations off the air. The Senate will take up the bill next.

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Slideshow: Legislative Committee Tours Montana Developmental Center

Earlier this year the Montana Legislature voted to close the Montana Developmental Center in Boulder and transition its roughly 60 clients to community based group homes. A committee of lawmakers and community members has been working out the details of the transition. Thursday that committee took a tour of the MDC campus in Boulder. This slideshow from MTPR Capitol Reporter Steve Jess shows some of the things the committee saw at MDC.

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