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A team of Montana researchers is playing a key role in the development of a more effective vaccine against tuberculosis, an infectious disease that has killed more people than any other. The BCG (Bacille Calmette-Guérin) vaccine, created in 1921, remains the sole TB vaccine. While it is 40% to 80% effective in young children, its efficacy is very low in adolescents and adults, leading to a worldwide push to create a more powerful vaccine. One effort is underway at the University of Montana Center for Translational Medicine. The center specializes in improving and creating vaccines by adding wh...
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A years-long battle over abortion access in a sprawling and sparsely populated region of the U.S. may come to a head this year in the courts and at the ballot box. Challenges to several state laws designed to chip away at abortion access are pending in Montana courts. Meanwhile, abortion rights advocates are pushing a ballot initiative that would add extra protections to the state constitution. And two open state Supreme Court seats could shape whether the high court upholds past decisions that protected abortion rights in the state. Abortion remains legal in the conservative stronghold becaus...
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Eligible Montana homeowners will be able to apply for the property tax rebate starting today. The last date to apply for the Montana property tax rebate is October 1. Eligible homeowners can claim up to $675 in Montana property tax rebate. Montana Property Tax Rebate: How To ApplyGov. Greg Gianforte, who approved the Montana property tax rebate earlier this year, is encouraging homeowners to apply for this relief. The Montana Department of Revenue will start accepting rebate claims on August 15. The deadline to apply is October 1. “Property taxes are too high, which is why we prioritized and s...
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Washington (AFP) - In a landmark climate trial, a Montana court on Monday ruled in favor of a group of youths who accused the western US state of violating their rights to a clean environment. District Court Judge Kathy Seeley said a state law preventing agencies from considering the impacts of greenhouse gases when issuing permits for fossil fuel development was unconstitutional. The case, Held v. State of Montana -- brought by 16 plaintiffs ranging in age from five to 22 -- has been closely watched because it could bolster similar litigation that has been filed across the country. "By prohib...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - An aggressive otter attacked three women floating down a river in Montana, with one victim helicoptered to hospital with severe bites to her face and arms, authorities in the western US state said. The group of swimmers was drifting along Jefferson River in inflatable ring tubes on Wednesday evening when they spotted one or two of the animals. "An otter approached and attacked them," Montana's Fish Wildlife and Parks (FWP) service said in a statement. "All three women were injured." FWP said otter attacks are rare but can be caused when the semi-aquatic animals are protecti...
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Several states have stepped in to offer targeted relief to residents using their surplus budget funds. Over the past couple of years, many states have been providing financial aid to residents in the form of stimulus checks, child tax credits, rebates and other payments to help those struggling amid the persistently high inflation. Even now, some states are still sending or starting to send financial aid to residents. Here are the states still sending rebate checks. States Still Sending Rebate ChecksMinnesotaIn May 2023, Minnesota lawmakers signed legislation to provide one-time direct tax reb...
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Governor Greg Gianforte recently signed into law new legislation that gives up to $1,350 in property tax rebates to homeowners over the next two years. As well, the governor has approved a new law that will offer permanent property tax relief to Montana homeowners over the next several years. Permanent Property Tax Relief To Montana Homeowners: What Is It?On Thursday, Governor Gianforte and Representative Llew Jones (R-Conrad) celebrated a new law (House Bill 587) that gives more than $120 million in permanent property tax relief to Montana homeowners. It is claimed to be the “largest permanen...
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Washington (AFP) - A US man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for firing shots into the home of a lesbian woman in a bid to drive all homosexual residents out of his town in the northern state of Montana, officials said Wednesday. John Russell Howald, 46, of the town of Basin, was convicted by a federal jury of a hate crime and firearms offenses in February after a four-day trial. "Howald set out to rid the town of all LGBTQI+ members by killing them," Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said. "He shot into the home of a lesbian resident, nearly killing her, with the hope of inspi...
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