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Abortion remains legal in Montana following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. In 1999 the Montana Supreme Court ruled abortion fell under a woman’s right to individual privacy under Montana’s constitution.

Alison Reintjes writes, "These toxic chemicals are applied primarily for cosmetic purposes. There is a history here. Synthetic nitrogen and an assortment of chemical agents were developed for warfare. After WWII, industry found alternative uses."

The Professional Association of Diving Instructors Worldwide Corporation is denying vicarious responsibility for the November 2020 death of Linnea Mills, according to a document filed April 4 in Missoula County District Court.

A new plan to modify and manage the trails along the Mount Jumbo Saddle might help habitat but some legacy users aren’t happy, saying they were left out of the discussion.

The Giffords gun safety organization has sued the National Rifle Association and the campaigns of U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley and U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale, alleging the gun rights group used shell corporations to improperly aid the Republican lawmakers in 2018.

Artificial light disrupts the natural day and night rhythm that governs wildlife behavior resulting in effects on animals such as birds that naturally use the stars to migrate, predators who use the cover of night to hunt, as well as nocturnal wildlife.

With Dori Brownlow stepping down, the county will expand the duties of Emily Brock, a former Missoula City Council member who was hired to head the redevelopment of the county fairgrounds.

Lawmakers on the House Taxation committee took their first look at a bill Thursday that would change the way Montana’s renewable energy tax credit works. 

Rosalyn LaPier writes, "Indigenous people have been in North America for more than 30,000 years. During that time various tribal groups have developed intimate relationships with the land and landscape they call their own."

Jim Elliott writes, "An administration that refuses to mount a national defense to a national pandemic that respects no state borders cannot, with any credibility, decide that it can then act unilaterally to police the people of the individual states of the union."