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Fines for breaking US pollution laws can vary widely among states – that may violate the Constitution

It’s expensive to pollute the water in Colorado. The state’s median fine for companies caught violating the federal Clean Water Act is over US$30,000, and violators can be charged much more. In Montana, however, most violators get barely a slap on the wrist – the median fine there is $300.

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Yellowstone bison, spooked by hunters, stampede toward park

A Montana photographer has shared footage of dozens of bison stampeding toward Yellowstone National Park after apparently being targeted by hunters.

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Schools struggle with lead in water while awaiting federal relief

PHILIPSBURG, Mont. — Water samples taken from the drinking fountain the station replaced had a lead concentration of 10 parts per billion — twice Montana’s legal limit for schools of 5 parts per billion for the toxic metal.

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"Montana State University Student Settles Free Speech Lawsuit" Related to "Sorority's 'Insistence' on Preferred Pronouns"

From Keila Szpaller (Daily Montanan): In January, Daria Danley sued MSU, its president and director of the Office of Institutional Equity, along with the commissioner of higher education. Danley argued a no-contact order MSU had imposed on her without an end date or due process infringed on her rights. In…

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Information blackout shrouds new reports of deaths, injuries and abuse at Montana State Hospital

BUTTE, Mont. — Jennifer Mitchell remembered getting a call nearly two years ago that her 69-year-old husband, Bill, had crashed his car and had been committed to the Montana State Hospital, the state-run psychiatric hospital for adults about 20 miles from their home in Butte.

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Republican congressman ‘unaware’ he was posing for photo with neo-Nazis

Matt Rosendale of Montana says he unwittingly posed for picture: ‘I absolutely condemn and have zero tolerance for hate groups, hate speech and violence’

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Underground coal mine collapse injures 3 in Montana

Three workers have been injured in a collapse at an underground coal mine in southern Montana with a history of safety violations

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Montana woman given temporary hunting ban after skinning ‘wolf’ which turned out to be domesticated husky

Amber Rose Barnes pleads no contest to misdemeanor animal cruelty charge

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The last state enacts new state legislative boundaries

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Montana becomes last state to enact legislative districting boundaries after the 2020 census

Montana enacted new legislative district boundaries on Feb. 22 when the Montana Districting & Apportionment Commission submitted its final plan to the secretary of state. The maps will take effect for Montana’s 2024 state legislative elections.

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‘Rust’ to move to Montana when production resumes after Alec Baldwin shooting

Production for “Rust” will move to Montana when it resumes more than a year after the fatal on-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, producers said Wednesday.

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Montana Sen. Jon Tester will seek reelection in boost for Democrats

Montana Sen. Jon Tester Wednesday announced he will seek reelection in 2024, a big boost for Democrats as they seek to hold onto their narrow majority.

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Tester run helps Democrats, but Montana still an uphill fight - Roll Call

Sen. Jon Tester's decision to run again helps Democrats, but Montana has gotten more Republican since he won in 2018.

Roll Call

Jon Tester, Montana Democratic Senator, announces he will run for re-election in 2024

The Montana farmer is one of three Democratic senators who represents a state that Donald Trump won twice

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Democratic Sen. Jon Tester to run for 4th term in Montana

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester of Montana says he’ll seek reelection to a fourth term in 2024

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Bent track a factor in Montana Amtrak crash that killed 3

Investigators probing a fatal 2021 Amtrak train derailment in Montana say the track had been bent along a curve near the accident site and the problem had been getting worse as freight trains traveled over it before the derailment

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Busy Week Ahead For The West Will Feature Snow, Wind And Brisk Conditions

An active pattern is intensifying across the Western United States, having the potential to bring heavy snow

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Republican lawmakers shy away from changing Montana’s constitutional right to abortion

Republican lawmakers in Montana wield a supermajority that gives them the power to ask voters to approve a constitutional amendment that would break the link between abortion rights and the right to privacy in the state’s constitution.

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Montana lawmaker: There's a religious right to abortion

Abortion rights groups are challenging abortion bans in some states by arguing the bans — supported by religious principles — violate the religious rights of people with different beliefs

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Current presidential candidate field a quarter of the size of 2020’s at this point last cycle

Former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley (R) announced on Feb. 14 that she was running for president of the United States. In a video, she said, “It’s time for a new generation of leadership to rediscover fiscal responsibility, secure our border, and strengthen our country, our pride,…

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Chinese satellite fires green laser beams over Hawaii as tensions escalate over spy balloon

Incident comes amid an escalation of tensions between China and the US – after a Chinese spy balloon was spotted over Montana earlier this month and three other ‘flying objects’ were shot down this weekend

Tribune News Service

Traveler was pumped for Australian vacation, but he was booked to Sidney — in Montana

He thought he was bound for his dream vacation to Sydney, Australia, where he would depart for a cruise and finally get the chance to see kangaroos, according to media reports.

Salon

Alien Twitter going wild over "objects"

A fourth object was shot down over Lake Huron on Sunday afternoon

The Independent UK

Montana airspace briefly closes due to ‘radar anomaly’ after new object shot down over Canada

‘NORAD detected a radar anomaly and sent fighter aircraft to investigate’

Daily Mirror

Mystery flying object remains over Montana as US fighter jets wait to 'get eyes on it'

Montana congressman Matt Rosendale revealed the moment he was informed an "unidentified object" had been spotted flying over his district by the Department of Defence on Saturday evening

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