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Edward O'Brien
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Montana Public Radio
Montana’s attorney general is asking the state Supreme Court to overturn a 23-year-old precedent of constitutional protection for access to abortion. The request is part of a court battle over abortion restrictions signed into law last year.
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KHN
Jackie Yamanaka
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Yellowstone Public Radio
Regional News
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A land exchange could move the Custer Gallatin National Forest closer to solving an issue of fractured land ownership in the southern Crazy Mountains. -
Montana Department of Corrections Director Brian Gootkin told lawmakers this week that 59 correctional officer positions — almost 18% — are unfilled at the state prison in Deer Lodge.
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The state health department’s latest update now confirms over 1,400 cases, and the state as a whole is less vaccinated than last year. So far there have been 59 reported influenza hospitalizations in Montana.
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The state of Montana is warning residents of a scammer targeting electric utility and co-op customers and attempting to defraud them of hundreds of dollars.
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Laurel residents say they're worried a future natural gas plant and supporting infrastructure could hurt the quality of life in their neighborhood.
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The city and county of Missoula opened a legal campsite on Tuesday for people experiencing homelessness. It’s one way the two governments are addressing the growing number of people experiencing homelessness in the area.
National News
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As the State Department orders relatives of embassy staff in Kyiv to leave, NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to ex-U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst about where the diplomatic effort goes from here.
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The Biden administration is considering a plan to send several thousand additional U.S. troops into NATO countries in eastern Europe, near both Russia and Ukraine.
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An adult in the family saw some options online, added them to the site's shopping cart but didn't checkout. The toddler took care of that — completing the purchase while playing on the phone.
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Laura Spears bought a ticket for the Mega Millions drawing online on Dec. 31. A few days later she was looking through her inbox for a lost email — only to find out she had won $3 million.
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NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Dr. Francis Collins about how his faith is helping inform part of his next role: he wants to use science, religion and above all empathy to try to bring people together.
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Many experts warn there will be more infections on the downslope of the omicron surge, but we're on the path to the virus becoming endemic — and that should mean fewer interruptions to daily life.
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NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Brian Deese, director of the White House National Economic Council, about what the Biden administration is doing to take on inflation.
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The Ventures were a 60's surf-rock group. The band's hits included "Walk, Don't Run," and the theme song for "Hawaii Five-O." They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008.
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Georgia is one of 12 states that has not expanded Medicaid. With the governor's office up for grabs, Georgia Democrats and Republicans offer competing explanations for why that is.
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The U.S. weighs sending 5,000 troops to Eastern Europe to counter Russia. COVID cases decline sharply in areas of the Northeast and Midwest. Sarah Palin faces off against The New York Times Monday.
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- Biden administration considers sending up to 5,000 troops to Eastern Europe
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- Hong Kong authorities shut down the region's last independent news outlets
- 1 Republican argues for a narrower approach to changing a 19th century voting law
- As schools debate COVID safety, students stage walkouts to voice demands
- West Virginia's plan to fight 2022 misinformation
- The danger of pushing the foreign attack theory for 'Havana Syndrome'
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