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Billings is home to the state’s largest school district, and the highest dropout rate. The district is trying a new lunch time program to get students to re-engage in learning in a variety of ways.
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New Program May 13th at 6:30 PM
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Regional News
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Nursing educators say extra space will help boost both enrollment and Montana’s healthcare workforceMontana State University’s nursing college is adding new buildings to its campuses in Billings, Bozeman, Great Falls, Kalispell and Missoula.
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A campaign for a constitutional abortion rights amendment in Montana may soon begin collecting signatures to put the measure before voters this fall. But that process has been pushed back by Republican officials challenging the initiative’s content and by legal rulings.
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The federal government is reviewing a plan to capture 150 million tons of carbon dioxide in Wyoming and store it underground in eastern Montana. The project, aimed at mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, is raising objections from local ranchers.
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A working group tasked with reviewing and updating Montana’s Environmental Policy Act is beginning to draft recommendations.
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Veteran and low-income homeowners have until Monday to apply for property tax assistance programs.
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Students will do the research and choose a format for their understanding of the impact the reservation boarding schools had on resident students’ education and lives.
National News
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A federal court has blocked Louisiana's new congressional map in a case that could determine the balance of power in the next Congress and set up another Supreme Court test of the Voting Rights Act.
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Campus protesters want administrators to sell off investments in companies with ties to Israel. Here's a look at what divestment means — and why universities are saying no.
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In a new interview with TIME Magazine, Trump promises to prosecute President Biden, unleash the National Guard on immigrants and says it's "irrelevant" if he's comfortable criminalizing abortions.
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The Justice Department is expected to propose a new, lower classification for marijuana that would lessen restrictions on the drug. But there's another review process to come.
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The New York Daily News, the Chicago Tribune and others contend that the tech companies illegally copied their work without seeking permission or ever paying the publishers.
NPR Headlines
- The DOJ is expected to recommend marijuana be reclassified as less dangerous
- World Court refuses to ask Germany to stop Israel weapons exports
- A proposed Russia-style 'foreign agents' law sparks protests in country of Georgia
- Reexamining the one-sided history depicted on markers in the U.S.
- Iranian rapper receives death sentence for songs criticizing the establishment
- The story of an Israeli businessman and a Palestinian tailor in Gaza
- 6 out of 10 Catholics support abortion rights despite church's stance, study shows
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