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Texas Has 19 of the 20 U.S. Counties With the Most Uninsured | Insurify

The state of Texas continues to fall behind in health insurance enrollment, according to new research from SmartAsset. The investment advisory firm ranked 810 U.S. counties based on the percentage of their under-65 population who didn’t have health insurance in 2024. Of the 810 counties SmartAsset reviewed,

How Republican Llew Jones became Montana's most powerful legislator — and why GOP wants him gone

CONRAD — Nancy Ballance had been warned. When Ballance was first elected to represent Hamilton in the state Legislature in 2012, certain members of her GOP caucus told her to avoid working with another Republican, a veteran legislator from Conrad named Llew Jones. But Ballance eventually found Jones unavoidable. In the

Part two: Democratic Senate candidate debate recap

Part two: Democratic Senate candidate debate recap

All five Democrat candidates vying to succeed sitting Sen. Steve Daines were on hand: Veteran Air Force commander, special agent, and leadership coach Alani Bankhead; tribal historic preservation officer Michael Black Wolf; Navy veteran and businessman Michael Hummer; former state Representative Reilly Neill; and actor, director, arts administrator and teacher

Dealing with data centers | Kendall Cotton

Data centers are the newest populist punching bag. People can score big clicks and views on their social media posts staking out the most hardline opposition possible to the several massive data centers proposed in Montana. One legislator is even calling for a four-year state-wide moratorium on data

Final countdown: Democratic Congress, Senate candidates debate one last time before primary

Each Montana Democratic U.S. congressional and Senate candidate tried to stand out Thursday at the final local debate before the June 2 primary at the Crawford Theater on Thursday. All four Democrat 1st Congressional District candidates were on hand: Matt Rains, a rancher, veteran, and international photographer; Russell Cleveland,

State Auditor’s office takes action against ‘misleading’ healthcare plans

The State Auditor’s office is clamping down on what it called “a troubling and deceptive business practice” regarding “misleading” health insurance plans from companies that offer poor coverage and bad customer service. In a press release, State Auditor James Brown said his office has received numerous complaints against a

Emily Marburger: First the Boundary Waters, then Montana

You can tell a lot about someone by what they’re willing to sell. Montana’s congressional delegation just made their answer loud and clear. By backing the sale of public lands in the Boundary Waters, they’re treating something priceless like it’s expendable. Zinke led the charge, then