Eric Whitney
Eric Whitney is NPR's Mountain West/Great Plains Bureau Chief, and was the former news director for Montana Public Radio.
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Montana’s Democratic Sen. Jon Tester and a Republican colleague from Tennessee have introduced a bill to increase scrutiny of a big private contract for…
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A lawsuit filed in federal court in Missoula Wednesday says America’s bail bond industry amounts to organized crime.The ACLU of Montana is suing five…
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Senator Jon Tester says he’s frustrated with how the Veterans Administration is preparing to roll out legislation he wrote to reform how veterans get…
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A bill that a group of Montana high school students wrote to try to reduce gun violence in the state was killed in a Senate committee Thursday.It was…
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Tim Fox has raised substantially more money than any other candidate running for a statewide office in Montana so far.Campaign finance reports for the…
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Young people who’ve experienced homelessness in Montana feel like they often fall through the cracks of programs designed to help kids fleeing abusive…
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The first ever statewide conference on homelessness is happening in Helena today and tomorrow. More than 75 organizations from across Montana are…
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In Butte Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency set a date for an important milestone in the Mining City’s Superfund cleanup.Next Friday, the…
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While much of the state was enjoying a sunny St. Patrick’s Day, state lawmakers and scores of people concerned about health care spent all day Saturday…
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Nationwide, military veterans commit suicide at the rate of 17 a day, and despite many efforts to bring it down, the rate has remained constant for…