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August 2024

Dispatches from Montana’s summer childcare patchwork

Alex Sakariassen - Montana Free Press - Aug. 16 2024 Early winter snow still blanketed the hills above her Helena home last December as Aileen Gleizer turned her mind to summer. Calendars and...

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Montana’s stubborn childcare conundrum

Alex Sakariassen, May 22, 2024 - Montana Free Press and Open Campus Lauren Cochrane, 34, perched at the head of a long wooden table, phone in hand, checking her workday schedule out loud. One...

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May 2024

MT sees nation's highest percentage of kids losing Medicaid

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May 2024

Montana records largest drop in childhood Medicaid coverage from pre-pandemic figures, study shows

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March 2024

Health department provides redetermination data, but glaring questions remain

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March 2024

Montana taxes shifting away from wealthiest residents, new report says

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March 2024

Republicans shoot down interim proposal to write comprehensive childcare bill package

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March 2024

Median sales hit another record high in Missoula, but volume down for third year

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What they can with what they have: Crow officials join national demand for better Indigenous health care

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Montana leaders prepare for federal Medicaid changes

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