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Lawmakers call for garbage regulations to be trashed, balloon bickering continues over China's intentions, and optimism expressed over a popular summer concert series continuing.

A suspected Chinese surveillance balloon is spotted over Billings, workers look forward to an increase in Montana’s minimum wage, and a popular cinema in Billings is going dark, but there’s light at the end of the projector.

Facilities accused of abusing children face more oversight, horses euthanized and events canceled due to an equine virus, and changes considered to marijuana regulations for both medical and recreational pot.

Tempers rise over concert parking, Montana home prices continue to rise faster than household income, and churches closer to housing the homeless.

A plan to protect Montana’s Arctic Grayling takes flight, negotiations for affordable housing build support and a Montana meteorologist shares his most memorable weather events after 30 years of forecasting.

A legislative bill claims to save Montana children from certain medical treatments, landlords request an easier way to evict renters, and ideas on how to spend marijuana profits vary.

Scientists offer reasons for a decline in bumble bees in Montana; a bill to fund student screening for suicide moves forward; and environmentalists say a new investment in fossil fuels is a step in the wrong direction for Montana.

A bill removing abortion protection advances, Montana’s governor focuses on cutting taxes, and Bozeman boasts one of the most sustainable neighborhoods in the Rocky Mountain West.

Parking at a popular music venue drives up controversy, legislators serve up less training for alcohol servers, and Montana's U.S. congressmen learn more on their special assignments.

Lawmakers in one Montana county say no more homeless shelters, a former legislator sets the record straight on her resignation, and movie making raking in money for Montana.

A World War II hero from Montana identified after years of mystery, Governor Greg Gianforte asks for millions to bolster the state’s legal defense department and picking up road kill... there's an app for that.

Montana lawmakers debate the best way to regulate sober living homes, Yellowstone county employees avoid a strike, and wheat farmers plant diversity.

A record breaking number of firearms found at Montana’s airports, middle and high school students may benefit from depression and suicide screenings, and a documentary made in Montana debuts at a world famous film festival.

A Montana lawmaker seeks to overturn an abortion ruling, farmers react to the right to repair deal, and grizzly bears in Montana experiencing bird flu.

A bill to honor a Native American leader meets opposition, students in north central Montana charged up about their new ride to school, and an iconic main street Bozeman business moves out of downtown.

County workers in the state’s largest city threaten to strike, a fatal illness that affects dogs is spreading across the state, and a new leader in public health hopes to improve services after a difficult few years.

Human trafficking increasing in Montana, energy efficient housing in Bozeman getting regional attention, and winnings possibly increasing for gamblers in the state.

The state legislature looks for solutions to the increasing number of children in foster care, Montana’s governor hears top concerns from Billings city leaders, and how to spend an extra billion dollars in one state.

The Montana state health department asks for changes on birth certificates, landlords request limits be lifted on what they charge for rent, and Montana’s Methodist churches react to controversial reformation.

Making up for a school budget shortfall in Bozeman, saving money on public defenders, and paying for grizzly bear dinners.