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The proposal responds to a Montana lawsuit calling for the climate and health impacts of fossil fuels to be factored into land management decisions
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Regional News
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A Bozeman Health Sleep Specialist is working to break ground on the fundamental role of sleep. He recently published a paper on a possible new reason we need shut eye.
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ZooMontana’s Executive Director Jeff Ewelt will join Wild Kingdom hosts and wildlife experts Peter Gros and Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant in a look at the remarkable comeback of the black-footed ferret.
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Gray wolf numbers in Wyoming continue to climb while verified livestock killings by wolves drop
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School leadership says the district is balancing budget and staffing issues.
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State utility regulators are at odds with groups asking the agency to incorporate climate change and greenhouse gas emissions into its decision-making.
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Hunting conservation groups requesting to intervene in ongoing litigation over relisting wolves.
Elections 2024
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From program cuts to construction costs, school superintendents take account of their losses after school elections
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The state Senate endorsed previously stalled legislation that would provide for a top-two primary in the 2024 race for the U.S. Senate — an “experiment,” sponsor Sen. Greg Hertz testified. Critics decry a partisan power grab and silencing of Libertarians.
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Montana Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester announced Wednesday he’s seeking a fourth term.
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Sen. Jon Tester says he has not yet made up his mind on running again in 2024. The three-term Democrat says he needs to talk it over with his wife, Sharla, first.
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Corey Stapleton, a Republican from Billings, served as a state senator and ran unsuccessfully for governor and the U.S. House.
National News
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Higher education officials in Ohio are reviewing race-based scholarships after last year's Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action.
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An art installation called The Portal was shut down this week in New York and Dublin because of rude gestures and other bad public behavior, as NPR's Scott Simon explains.
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Since the pandemic, chronic absenteeism in the nation's K-12 schools has skyrocketed. These teens are working to get their attendance back on track.
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At the height of the racial reckoning, a school district in Virginia voted to rename two schools that had been previously named for Confederate generals. This month, that decision was reversed.
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Students arrested at Columbia University and the City College of New York spoke with NPR about their choice to risk legal and academic consequences.
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