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Preliminary fall data from OPI show another year of K-12 student growth following pandemic-era decline.
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The Montana state health department has expanded its contract with a private consulting group hired to oversee the struggling Montana State Hospital and other public health care facilities. The amended agreement with Alvarez & Marsal went into effect Oct. 1.
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The order also temporarily prohibits the use of snares and lowers the bag limit to bring 2022-2023 regulations closer to the regulations in play before the Montana Legislature passed a suite of laws increasing the number of wolves hunters and trappers can kill.
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The Republican beat Democrat Monica Tranel by four points to conclude the state’s highest-profile race of the 2022 election cycle.
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Montana’s fire season has wound down, and while it was milder than land managers predicted, data indicate continued drought and high temperatures could lead to more intense fire seasons in the years to come.
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Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen’s allegations against recent courtroom rivals was dismissed as “frivolous.”
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The Yellowstone Newspapers chain had been Montana’s largest under in-state ownership. Adams Publishing Group is set to finalize its purchase Nov. 1.
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Proposals focus on ways to boost home construction in an effort to ease Montana’s housing crunch.
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Democrat Joe Lamson will be replaced on Montana’s political map-drawing commission by former Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau.
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The ruling comes amid multi-pronged election administration litigation and also blocks new voter ID requirements adopted by the 2021 Montana Legislature.