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Montana Supreme Court upholds lower court ruling that allows gender-affirming care for minors
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors will remain temporarily blocked, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, after justices unanimously agreed with a lower court judge who found the law likely violates the state's constitutional right...
Judge weighs Minnesota law that bans religious tests for colleges participating in state program
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge is considering whether to overturn a Minnesota law that bans religious tests for colleges that participate in a state program that allows high school students to take college courses for credit. The state argued at a hearing Monday that the 2023...
Silenced transgender state lawmaker Zooey Zephyr wins reelection in Montana
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr won reelection in a race that will allow the transgender lawmaker to return to the House floor nearly two years after she was silenced and sanctioned by her Republican colleagues. Zephyr, a Democrat, defeated Republican Barbara...
Judicial panel recommends suspending Montana’s AG from practicing law for 90 days
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A state judicial panel is recommending that Montana’s Republican attorney general be suspended from practicing law for 90 days for openly defying court orders and repeatedly attacking the integrity of justices in his defense of a law permitting the state’s Republican...
Living costs dominate a debate between Montana's Republican governor and Democratic challenger
How to help people struggling with Montana's rising cost of living — driven in part by people inspired by the hit show “Yellowstone” to move there — dominated a debate between the state's Republican governor and his Democratic challenger Wednesday. While Democrat Ryan Busse...
Montana's attorney general defends actions at hearing on 41 counts of professional misconduct
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A succession of controversies marks Republican Austin Knudsen's nearly four years as Montana attorney general. His office sided with a man who made an armed threat over a pandemic mask mandate and was accused of pressuring a Helena hospital over its refusal to...
Supreme Court candidates dodge, and leverage, political rhetoric
Judicial forums are not typically known for their entertainment. But during an hour of questions and answers at a late September forum in Great Falls, hosted by the Montana Farmers Union, the four nonpartisan candidates for the open seats on the Montana Supreme Court successfully conveyed that...
