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Montanans are spending nearly $150 more a month on food compared to three years ago. That’s according to federal data. According to the non-profit Feeding America, about one in nine Montanans struggle with food insecurity. That’s up three percent from last year.

Three transgender youth and two health care providers asked a judge Monday to temporarily block a law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

The rate of Indigenous women that died during or shortly after pregnancy more than doubled in recent decades, according to a new study.

A group of Montanans filled the Capitol rotunda to rally against legislation targeting LGBTQ people. Those bills are advancing and could cost the state billions.

Republican lawmakers are sending a bill to ban gender-affirming care for trangender youth in Montana to the governor for consideration.

Republican Senate Bill 99, which would criminalize gender-affirming care for transgender minors in Montana, has advanced along party lines in the House despite hours of opposition testimony.

A string of legislative and administrative actions has made Montana one of four states where amending birth certificates is nearly impossible for transgender people.

The emergency rule, enacted in May, bars transgender residents from amending the gender markers on their birth certificates unless they have medically transitioned. About 100 people Thursday spoke in opposition.

A Senate bill that aimed to make it easier to get substance abuse treatment in Montana is likely dead. The Senate adjourned Wednesday a few days before…