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A recent report from the American Farm Bureau Federation showed that Montana lost millions of dollars worth of crops due to extreme weather; A federal judge in Montana this week extended a pause in an ongoing lawsuit over the state’s attempt to ban TikTok.

A federal appeals court Friday upheld a law that could ban popular social media app TikTok across the country. Separate litigation over Montana’s statewide TikTok ban has been on hold since May, awaiting a conclusion in the federal case.

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen Thursday filed a lawsuit against social media company TikTok. The suit alleges the platform knowingly directs addictive and harmful content to minors.

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes say Montana’s TikTok ban, if implemented, would overstep tribal sovereignty. The tribes filed a brief this week to join the legal battle over the ban.

The law is seen an important test case. More than a dozen other states are weighing similar bans of the wildly popular video-streaming app, which is owned by a Chinese tech company.

A federal judge in Missoula heard arguments Thursday on Montana’s law to ban Tik Tok in the state. The judge pressed state attorneys over previous statements made by the attorney general that appear to contradict the state’s legal defense.

A lawsuit over Montana’s first-of-its-kind ban on TikTok is working its way toward a hearing this fall.

Gov. Greg Gianforte signed an executive order Thursday extending the state’s bipartisan housing task force. The Custer Gallatin National Forest released the final decision Thursday for a burning, logging, and thinning project in eastern Montana. Two separate lawsuits against Montana’s TikTok ban have been consolidated into one legal proceeding.

A lawsuit by Montana-based video creators on TikTok against the state’s recent first-of-its-kind law banning the app is being funded by the social media company. Montana wildlife officials are asking residents for feedback on the latest draft of the state’s new plan to manage elk.

Montana Public Radio’s John Hooks has been tracking the progress of the new TikTok ban law and spoke to MTPR's Austin Amestoy about the ban’s uncertain path forward.