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Zinke, Downing vote against overturning President Donald Trump's ban on federal employees unionizing.
12/10/2025

Zinke, Downing vote against overturning President Donald Trump's ban on federal employees unionizing.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House agreed Wednesday to consider a bill that would void President Donald Trump’s executive order that strips collective bargaining rights for roughly 1 million federal workers. The 222-200 vote was a rare bipartisan agreement from the lower chamber to rebuke a policy deci...

Public lands group sues National Park Service for image of Trump on passes.
12/10/2025

Public lands group sues National Park Service for image of Trump on passes.

WASHINGTON — A public lands advocacy group sued the Trump administration in federal court Wednesday over the inclusion of President Donald Trump’s face on the forthcoming National Park annual pass. The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of...

Montana woman uses deadly kidney disease and her own struggles to become an advocate for organ donation.
12/10/2025

Montana woman uses deadly kidney disease and her own struggles to become an advocate for organ donation.

A Montana mother who is hoping to live long enough to see her son through school is using her disease as a platform to spread awareness about kidney donation.

Helena judge says Legislature program creating Educational Savings Accounts for students with disabilities is unconstitu...
12/10/2025

Helena judge says Legislature program creating Educational Savings Accounts for students with disabilities is unconstitutional.

A Lewis and Clark District Court Judge said that House Bill 393 which the Legislature created for Educational Savings Accounts for students with disabilities violates the state's constitution because it didn't properly fund the legislation.

Trump administration looks to dismantle student debt forgiveness program Biden administration began.
12/09/2025

Trump administration looks to dismantle student debt forgiveness program Biden administration began.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education announced a proposed agreement Tuesday that would permanently axe an income-driven student loan repayment plan in which more than 7 million student loan borrowers are enrolled.  Under a joint proposal with seven Republican-led states that challenged ...

Montana wildlife officials report a hunting season of mixed results.
12/09/2025

Montana wildlife officials report a hunting season of mixed results.

State officials report a mixed results when it came to deer and elk hunting in Montana in 2025.

More grand jury records from the Epstein case to be released.
12/09/2025

More grand jury records from the Epstein case to be released.

WASHINGTON — A Manhattan federal judge granted an order Tuesday to unseal grand jury records in the case of Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of s*x trafficking minors among other offenses in 2021. Federal Judge Paul Engelmayer wrote in a 24-page order that unseal...

Trump administration: We aren't required to give due process to immigrants.
12/09/2025

Trump administration: We aren't required to give due process to immigrants.

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration Tuesday defended the merits of its fast-track deportation policy before a panel of judges in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, saying immigrants who have been in the country for less than two years without legal authorization are not guaranteed d...

Anti-abortion group leader calls on Trump to fire FDA chief.
12/09/2025

Anti-abortion group leader calls on Trump to fire FDA chief.

WASHINGTON — The head of one of the country’s largest anti-abortion organizations wants President Donald Trump to fire U.S. Food and Drug Administrator Marty Makary over access to medication abortion. Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, expressed frustration on...

Columnists and attorneys Doug James and Kari Hong write that if Montana's Congressional delegation won't curb ICE, local...
12/09/2025

Columnists and attorneys Doug James and Kari Hong write that if Montana's Congressional delegation won't curb ICE, local leaders must.

Columnists Kari Hong and Doug James say that if Immigration and Customs Officials won't rein themselves in, it will be up to local Montana communities to do it.

President Donald Trump said on Monday that farmers will be getting $12 billion in one-time money meant to offset the tra...
12/08/2025

President Donald Trump said on Monday that farmers will be getting $12 billion in one-time money meant to offset the trade practices of foreign nations. The president said the money is coming from revenue collected from tariffs.

The federal government will provide $12 billion to U.S. farmers who have been hurt by “unfair market disruption,” President Donald Trump said at a White House roundtable event Monday. Trump said repeatedly the funding was available thanks to tariff revenues, framing his aggressive trade policy a...

Even as the Trump administration says it will eliminate the U.S. Department of Education, it's brining back hundreds of ...
12/08/2025

Even as the Trump administration says it will eliminate the U.S. Department of Education, it's brining back hundreds of workers.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Education Department is bringing back hundreds of employees in its Office for Civil Rights who were placed on paid administrative leave earlier this year, according to a Dec. 5 email to those employees obtained by States Newsroom. The effort came as the Office for Civil Right...

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