Eric Whitney
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Missoula, MT, United States
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In Idaho, America's first, and only, cobalt mine in decades is opening
The first cobalt mine in the United States in decades opened Friday in Idaho amid rising demand for the metal, which is a key component in electric vehicle batteries. → Read More
Private Companies Are Paying To Keep Roads Groomed, Bathrooms Cleaned In Yellowstone
Because of the partial government shutdown, some national parks are closing because employees aren't working and both trashcans and toilets are overflowing. Yellowstone has found a work-around. → Read More
FCC Investigates Widespread CenturyLink Outage That Disrupted 911 Service
The FCC chairman called CenturyLink's widespread telecom outage unacceptable and says an investigation will start immediately. → Read More
Montana’s Legislature Could Decide Medicaid Expansion’s Fate
A ballot initiative to fund Medicaid expansion with a tobacco tax failed in Montana on Tuesday. The expansion will expire in the state in June 2019, unless the legislature finds another way to fund it. → Read More
After Midterm Defeat, Advocates For Montana's Medicaid Expansion Turn To Legislature
If a funding extension can't be hammered out in the Montana Legislature, the state could be the first to undo an expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. → Read More
Tobacco Tax Battle Could Torch Montana Medicaid Expansion
A ballot initiative in Montana would tax cigarettes $2 a pack to help pay for the state’s Medicaid expansion. But the tobacco industry has spent more than $17 million fighting the effort. → Read More
Big Tobacco Spends Big To Block A Tax And Medicaid Expansion In Montana
If the state's ballot initiative to fund Medicaid's expansion passes, it will mean a $2-per-pack increase in taxes on cigarettes and a new tax on electronic cigarettes. → Read More
Senators Push For Leadership At Indian Health Service
President Trump first nominee to lead the Indian Health Service is out of the picture. Montana's senators are urging the administration to name a new nominee quickly. → Read More
Native Americans Feel Invisible In U.S. Health Care System
About a quarter of Native Americans report experiencing discrimination in health care, according to a poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. → Read More
Montana May Be Model For Future Medicaid Work Requirement
The Obama administration has said no to many states' requests to take more control over Medicaid. But the incoming Congress and new White House team may be more amenable. → Read More
Montana Wildfires Reignite Logging Debate
An epic wildfire season in Montana has conservatives blaming environmentalists for blocking logging projects, but scientists say climate change is making fire seasons longer and more intense. → Read More
Montana Fire Season Reaches Dangerous New Level
Fire season in Montana has reached a dangerous new level. Blazes are growing and now threatening larger towns as the state is running out of money to fight them. → Read More
Medicaid Cuts Will Drive Up Cost Of Private Coverage, Montana Insurers Say
Insurance executives in Montana are worried that GOP efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act could destabilize a market that is working well. → Read More
Medicaid Cuts Will Drive Up Cost Of Private Coverage, Montana Insurers Say
Insurance executives in Montana are worried that GOP efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act could destabilize a market that is working well. → Read More
Montana Insurers Say Medicaid Cuts Would Drive Up Cost Of Private Health Plans
Montana's three main health insurance firms say the Republican Senate's proposed cuts to Medicaid, and any plan to repeal the individual mandate, could drive up health costs for everyone. → Read More
Health Debate Heats Up In Montana For This Week’s Special Election
The race for Montana’s one and only seat in the House of Representatives will be decided Thursday, and health care is taking center stage in the race’s last week. → Read More
Health Debate Heats Up In Montana For This Week’s Special Election
The race for Montana’s one and only seat in the House of Representatives will be decided Thursday, and health care is taking center stage in the race’s last week. → Read More
Candidates Confront GOP Health Care Bill In Montana Special Election
Health care is on the minds of many potential voters in Montana, but the House health bill itself is unlikely to sway entrenched Republican voters in the special election next week. → Read More
Candidates Confront GOP Health Care Bill In Montana Special Election
Health care is on the minds of many potential voters in Montana, but the House health bill itself is unlikely to sway entrenched Republican voters in the special election next week. → Read More
A Singing Cowboy, A Millionaire And Rifles Dominate Montana Special Election
Democrats hope a singing cowboy in Montana will become their party's latest candidate to mobilize enthusiasm and money against Republicans in a special election for the state's only U.S. House seat. → Read More