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5 lectures exploring Montana and the US
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Regional News
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Bozeman has hosted a fire and police citizens academy for years, but this fall the city is hosting its first civic academy. This is the first program in the state that takes citizens under the hood of their local government.
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Elections have consistently broken spending records in the state in recent years, largely due to corporate money. A ballot measure known as the Montana Plan aims to eliminate that kind of spending in Montana, sidestepping a controversial U.S. Supreme Court ruling. That would make the state a national legal test case.
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It’s Bachtoberfest in Billings! YPR’s Karl Lengel has the story.
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Montana State University Billings Foundation & Alumni has announced the recipients of its 2026 Outstanding Alumni Awards.
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A recent KFF Health-AP Poll suggests middling - and growing - dissatisfaction among rural voters on most economic policies, but support still remains higher than national averages.
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The plaintiffs are asking a judge to stop federal authorities from continuing to take people suspected of being in the country illegally into custody without first getting a warrant.
National News
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John Steinbeck's 1952 epic was first adapted to film in 1955 by director Elia Kazan. Now, Kazan's granddaughter Zoe has directed a new Netflix miniseries, starring Florence Pugh.
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ennis Hastert, whose political legacy as Congress' longest-serving Republican House speaker was later fouled by allegations that he had molested high school athletes during his prior career as a teacher and wrestling coach, has died, a coroner said Monday. He was 84.
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Like his previous work, including Homeland Elegies, The Radiance exposes the fissures of American racial, political and economic identity.
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The front line in the Russia-Ukraine war stretches more than 700 miles and has barely moved in four years. Yet straddling this line is the kill zone, dominated by constantly evolving drone technology.
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The FBI and U.S. prosecutors say Wanying Zhang, also know as Heather, surveilled the Taiwanese president's son and his family.
NPR Headlines
- In Iraq, ISIS members once jailed in Syria face trial
- Barbara Kingsolver's book 'Partita' grapples with the reality that our bodies fail us
- Supreme Court case centers on battle over liability for climate change harms
- New report details airstrike on Iranian school
- Candidates for Minnesota governor share 'sisterhood' as cancer survivors
- Texas Senate race shatters state's campaign spending record
- With parallel parking turning competitive, one producer gets a lesson
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