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On Your Ballot: Rising costs and funding cliffs
Citing the expiration of federal stimulus support, declining enrollment, and an out-of-date state funding formula, some of the state’s largest school districts are turning to local voters for help with education levies on the May 7 ballot.
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Donald Trump Jr. rallies Republican support for Montana candidates
Biden taps CSKT attorney Danna Jackson for U.S. District Court judgeship
Republican candidates told not to attend Trump Jr. event in Missoula
Tim Sheehy, in his own words
State Medicaid director resigns from health department
EPA finalizes rules to clamp down on pollution from power plants
The U.S. The Environmental Protection Agency finalized rules that aim to reduce pollution associated with the combustion of fossil fuels for electricity. The new rules are anticipated to have major implications for Montana coal mines and the power plants they supply, including the state’s largest electricity generator located in Colstrip.
Explosive growth, tourism weigh heavy on western Montana’s aging roads
Growing populations and tourism in western Montana are straining aging roads, leaving state and local governments to fix problems or make improvements with limited funding.
Helena United Way gets $500,000 donation toward housing project
The United Way of the Lewis and Clark Area has received a $500,000 anonymous donation for the nonprofit’s Helena Inn housing project.
Growing number of Montanans report their quality of life is declining
Montanans are increasingly reporting that their quality of life is declining, according to a University of Montana poll.
Legislative audit: Job and educational programs at Montana prisons are underutilized and poorly administered
A legislative audit identified a myriad of shortcomings in the educational and work training programs the Montana Department of Corrections provides at state prisons.
Unsheltered people are losing Medicaid in redetermination mix-ups
Tashya Evans is one of about 130,000 Montanans who have lost Medicaid coverage as the state reevaluates eligibility following a pause in disenrollments during the COVID-19 pandemic. About two-thirds of those who were kicked off state Medicaid rolls lost coverage for technical reasons, such as incorrectly filling out paperwork. That’s one of the highest procedural…
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