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Lawmakers are looking to address the topic of artificial intelligence this session, trying to be "narrow" while still preserving the state's right to regulate it. There's also some discussion about AI in insurance decisions. dailymontanan.com/2025/03/01/l...

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“We have to, as a society, decide — are people more important? Or trails, parks and wildlife?” In other words, “What’s the choice? Is it children, or gophers?” Bill would redirect revenue from marijuana to drug prevention. @mddrew.bsky.social: dailymontanan.com/2025/02/28/m... #mtnews #mtpol #mtleg

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"Freshman Rep. Shelly Fyant, D-Arlee, was nervous waiting for the House Agriculture Committee to decide the fate of one of her first bills, about food security." #montana #mtpol #mtleg

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“If we can’t feed ourselves, we’re not truly sovereign”: An interesting proposal from Rep. Shelly Fyant that would connect local food producers with food banks. dailymontanan.com/2025/02/28/b...

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Watching a new drag ban hearing in Montana and we have new definitions of drag. These are wild yall. Look at the definition of drag king. This would ban lots of butch lesbian singers lol.

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I tried to unpack the property tax discussion that's dominated the halls of the capitol this week. Lots of bills. Lots of finagling. dailymontanan.com/2025/02/27/p...

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A new bill would give all Montanans the right to their name, image and likeness. It's a Rep. Jill Cohenour bill, who's pushing several AI bills this session — and is finding bipartisan some support in that. t.co/1GxmMjVdZ9

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thank you state troopers for giving me my laptop charger back

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I tried to unpack the property tax discussion that's dominated the halls of the capitol this week. Lots of bills. Lots of finagling. dailymontanan.com/2025/02/27/p...

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found the Helena karaoke place.

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Some moderate Rs who have voted with Dems in the Montana Senate refute the idea they are bucking their party and GOP leadership. “We’re the party. … Those people are not Republicans. They’re John Birchers.” @keilaszpaller.bsky.social: dailymontanan.com/2025/02/21/n... #montana #mtleg #mtpol

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“That court administrator had some important political influence and incidents, and this is designed to eliminate that." Montana legislators take up two bills to change SupCo, but just one gets the nod. By @mddrew.bsky.social: dailymontanan.com/2025/02/25/s... #mtnews #mtleg #mtpol #montana

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"If a bear kills a cow, a rancher will get paid if it’s proven a predator did the deed." Not so if a bear kills a bison. A bill from a Cascade legislator would change that for a growing sector of the Montana food industry. @jordyhansen.bsky.social: dailymontanan.com/2025/02/25/m... #mtpol #mtleg

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“Montana lands and homes should belong to Montanans and Americans, not foreign entities.” - Sen. Bogner, R-Miles City. Senate passes bill to prevent foreign banks, governments, from buying residential land in Montana. By @jordyhansen.bsky.social: dailymontanan.com/2025/02/24/b... #mtpol #mtleg

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A bill that would prevent non-American banks & governments from buying housing in Montana passed a second reading on Monday afternoon: dailymontanan.com/2025/02/24/b...

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good morning to you too, Associated Press.

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Beyond just a local story, I truly believe this serves as a pretty deep look into the state of American education.

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don’t make me get up on my

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‘We violate the law a lot:’ On one rural Washington school board, complete and utter chaos. New, from me: www.heraldnet.com/news/records...

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To measure support for Christian nationalism at the state level, PRRI surveyed more than 22,000 adults across the U.S. in 2024 The 5 states with the highest levels of support for Christian nationalism are Mississippi (51%), Oklahoma (51%), Louisiana (50%), Arkansas (49%), and West Virginia (48%)

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Over 40,000 people died in car accidents in 2023. That number was a little over 400 on transit that same year source: www.bts.gov/content/tran...

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mass transit is safer than driving and that’s just a fact.

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Senate resumes ethics investigation into Sen. Ellsworth, former Senate president dailymontanan.com/2025/02/20/s...

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there’s a specific sound effect that’s used for enormous machinery moving and I could bask in it

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watching the snow fall in Helena listening to my old winter weather playlist and this is nice.

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what if the Hawks won.

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"A Spanish scientific expedition has discovered columns of gas emerging from the seabed. Geologists also warn about the possibility of huge landslides that could generate tsunamis."

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Breaking News: Kansas is banning gender-transition treatments for minors, as the GOP-led legislature overrode the Democratic governor’s veto.

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got into a falsetto doing She Wolf last night.

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“There’s days when it can be controversial around here, and there’s kind of a go-to list of three or four people we put up there, and she’s always been on that." - House Majority Leader Fitzpatrick about "Madam Speaker" Zolnikov. @mddrew.bsky.social: dailymontanan.com/2025/02/14/m... #mtpol #mtleg

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I think a lot of society's ills would be mitigated if people didn't treat the concept of sharing with such disdain.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, during a closed-door meeting on Wednesday, rejected an offer by the Trump administration to relinquish half of the country’s mineral resources in exchange for U.S. support, according to people with knowledge of the talks. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...

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he has so much power

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is it correct vexillological protocol to fly the fireball flag over the dale earnhardt jr. hellmann’s mayonnaise flag?

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going to get a “everything is a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works” tattoo

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SCOOP: The top US election security watchdog has frozen all of its efforts to aid states in securing elections. The move represents the first major example of the country’s cyber defense agency accommodating Trump’s false claims of election fraud and online censorship.

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The White House barred a credentialed Associated Press reporter and photographer from boarding Air Force One Friday for a weekend trip with Donald Trump, saying the news agency’s stance on how to refer to the Gulf of Mexico was to blame for the exclusion.

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Three dairy veterinarians, including one who worked only in states with no known bird flu outbreaks in cows, had recent, undetected bird flu infections, according to a new study from the CDC.

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I’ve certainly been critical of how the AP has done different things over the years, but it remains one source I tell people they can always trust - and there’s no paywall, which is super important. We need this easily accessible, accurate and free news source.

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The AP is in an important battle for the first amendment right now and I really hope folks are paying attention.

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Thrilled to help bring Jordan back to Montana, where he'll join the Daily Montanan's team covering state government. #montana #mtpol #mtleg

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“Girls should not feel uncomfortable or afraid to use a restroom or locker room at school.” Rep. Kerri Seekins-Crowe. Bathroom bill heads to desk of Gov. Gianforte. By @mddrew.bsky.social: dailymontanan.com/2025/02/10/p... #mtpol #montana #mtleg

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Some news — This week will be my last at the Everett Herald. I'm headed back to Montana for an opportunity I'm deeply excited about with the @dailymontanan.com, where I'll be helping cover state leg and statewide issues.

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