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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.

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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

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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.

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Alien Twitter going wild over "objects"

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

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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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US reopens Montana airspace after ‘radar anomaly’ sparks concern

The U.S. reopened airspace over Montana after temporarily ordering a closure to investigate a “radar anomaly,” hours after a third object was shot down in North America this month.

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Save Endangered Species From Environmental Regulations

A legal fight over the Arctic grayling shows how regs can hurt rather than help.

The Independent UK

Montana lawmakers amend proposed transgender harassment bill

Montana lawmakers have amended a proposed bill that opponents criticize as letting students avoid punishment for intentionally misgendering or deadnaming their transgender peers

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A secret weapon in preventing the next pandemic: Fruit bats

More than four dozen Jamaican fruit bats destined for a lab in Bozeman, Montana, are set to become part of an experiment with an ambitious goal: predicting the next global pandemic.

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Montana bill would allow students to misgender classmates

More than two dozen Republican Montana lawmakers are co-sponsoring a bill that would allow students to misgender and dead-name their transgender peers without punishment

The Independent UK

GOP senator has Twitter account suspended over hunting profile photo

Steve Daines of Montana had his account suspended for several hours on Tuesday

Fortune

Twitter suspended a Montana senator for posting a picture of a dead antelope. Then Elon got involved.

When Musk took over Twitter, he vowed to bring back suspended accounts. On Tuesday, he personally reinstated the account of a republican senator who violated Twitter's content policy.

The Independent UK

States push to enshrine protections for tribal children

A handful of U.S. states are considering legislation this year to include provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act in state law

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