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The Montana Department of Justice is blocking access to what it calls privileged documents showing its communication with a Canadian mining company. An environmental group is now suing to access the information.
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Montana’s Missing Persons Task Force has not met since last summer despite the Legislature funding the group for the next decade.
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Scammers are targeting Montana businesses that took out loans during the COVID pandemic to help retain staff
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The state is testing a new reporting system for violence against health care workers.
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A Bozeman attorney has announced his candidacy to run for Montana attorney general.
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The federal government has awarded a rural southeast Montana health care center almost $2 million to address regional opioid-related overdose risks.
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A Kalispell mental health clinic closed its doors in February due to alleged Medicaid fraud. Roughly 200 patients are now without mental health care.
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State agencies have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars defending laws passed by the 2021 Legislature in court. Gov. Greg Gianforte wants an additional $2.6 million to bolster the Montana Department of Justice’s legal defense.
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A years-long, undercover investigation dismantled a Butte drug trafficking organization with ties to the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico. The investigation led to the conviction of 18 Montana residents.
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According to the report, Indigenous people accounted for nearly a third of all 2021 missing person reports in Montana, despite only making up roughly 7% of the state’s total population.