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The Daily Montanan is a nonprofit, nonpartisan source for trusted news, commentary, and insight into statewide policy and politics beneath the Big Sky. They seek to cover state government and issues, including public lands, politics, healthcare, and education by not only reporting what is happening but also why and how the news affects the lives of Treasure State residents. They are an..
Daily Montanan
6h ago
As former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris sprint to the November finish line, one sprawling policy area has largely fallen out of the spotlight — education. Though the respective GOP and Democratic presidential candidates have spent comparatively more time campaigning on issues such as immigration, foreign policy and the economy, their ideas ..read more
Daily Montanan
6h ago
Western district Republican U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke and Democratic challenger Monica Tranel faced off in a debate last week that will likely be the first and last of the campaign, explaining their differences on issues like housing, the border and public lands. The 30-minute debate, hosted by MTN News Senior Political Reporter Jonathon Ambarian, aired ..read more
Daily Montanan
8h ago
Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Tim Sheehy said at multiple campaign stops this year that he wants to do away with the U.S. Department of Education to save money — by “throwing it in the trash can” — and that education is one of his top three priorities. “We have a Department of Education, which I ..read more
Daily Montanan
11h ago
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester is heading back to the future, so to speak. The three-term incumbent senator from Montana isn’t running like a veteran politician, and that’s because he can’t. It’s been months since a poll has shown him leading or even tied up with political novice Republican Tim Sheehy. And Tester remains the last ..read more
Daily Montanan
16h ago
MILLSTADT, Ill. — It was a late Friday afternoon when a team of men approached a tiny pink casket. One wiped his brow. Another stepped away to smoke a cigarette. Then, with calloused hands, they gently lowered the child’s body into the ground. Earlier that day, the groundskeepers at Sunset Gardens of Memory had dug ..read more
Daily Montanan
18h ago
Don’t be fooled by NorthWestern Energy’s greenwashing scam. The utility flaunts a concern for its environmental impact, claiming to be a regional leader with nearly 60% carbon-free electricity and a 2050 carbon neutrality goal. However, this is all a smokescreen. NorthWestern hasn’t built new clean energy for its electricity portfolio in a decade, during which ..read more
Daily Montanan
2d ago
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance campaigned Saturday in the key battleground of Pennsylvania, where early mail-in voting is already underway as just 25 days remain in the heated 2024 race that will be decided by a handful of states. Former President Donald Trump’s running mate rallied a crowd of a few ..read more
Daily Montanan
2d ago
Dr. Steven-Huy Han, a UCLA liver specialist, has prescribed Ocaliva to a handful of patients, although he’s not sure it helps. As advertised, the drug is lowering levels of an enzyme called alkaline phosphatase in their blood, and that should be a sign of healing for their autoimmune disease, called primary biliary cholangitis. But “no ..read more
Daily Montanan
2d ago
It’s election season, and like clockwork, the political back-and-forth over Social Security has picked up as well. There’s no mystery as to why: More than 250,000 Montanans – rely on their hard earned Social Security benefits to make ends meet. And this year, the future of this critical program hangs in the balance, which is why ..read more
Daily Montanan
3d ago
In the months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to an abortion, there was a spike in the number of women seeking sterilizations to prevent pregnancy, a recent study shows. Researchers saw a 3% increase in tubal sterilizations per month between July and December 2022 in states with abortion bans, according ..read more