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A Missoula Starbucks has become the first store in Montana to join a growing list of unionized stores across the country.
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A state judge has temporarily blocked new restrictive abortion policies from going into effect while their constitutionality can be hashed out in court. Montana Public Radio’s Shaylee Ragar was in the courtroom and joined Austin Amestoy to break down what happened.
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A Missoula lawmaker who was barred from the Montana House of Representatives floor for the remainder of the session is suing the state and the Speaker of the House to challenge that sanction. A crowd of roughly 750 people marched through Missoula Friday evening in support of state Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr after she was barred from the House floor earlier this week.
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Montana is one of two states that do not prohibit all drivers from text messaging while operating vehicles.
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Amazon’s first facility in Montana is under construction in Missoula.
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COVID-19 cases around the U.S. and in Montana are far below where they peaked earlier this year. However, the virus is still present and health care workers say they face harassment from patients and family members over restrictions meant to prevent spread of the illness.
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Missoula City Council member Jordan Hess has been appointed the city’s next mayor. Hess succeeds longtime mayor John Engen who died last month from pancreatic cancer.
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Missoula’s longest serving mayor died Monday. John Engen was elected in 2005 and served from 2006 until his death. According to the Montana Historical Society, that likely makes him one of Montana’s longest-serving mayors.
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After news broke that the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the national right to an abortion, our reporters went out to ask Montanans their views on the ruling.
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Two Missoula primary races for Republican precinct heads were omitted from the election ballot.