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Practical guidance from experts on sustaining heart health through daily habits. Focus on budgeting time for exercise, balanced meals, stress reduction, and regular medical checkups to monitor blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
Rights Violations Mark West Across Sixth Amendment
An internal memo shows delayed handling of a recantation while a public defender neared retirement and faced a 25 percent excess workload. Jefferson-Dust reported missed meetings and continued probation terms after recurring detours and jail time, with delays cited in raising the recantation from December 2021.
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Larry Mayer
Billings Gazette
Joseph Jefferson-Dust
Montana
Jefferson-Dust
Across the West public defense in crisis series
Lee Enterprises West region Public Service Journalism and local reporters documented crushing caseloads chronic underfunding and staffing shortages. They attended hearings and interviewed more than 25 defendants 40 attorneys and 25 experts, showing many defendants go to jail without lawyer contact.
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West
Lee Enterprises
West Region
Public Service
Lawsuit seeks Endangered Species Act protection for Arctic grayling
Environmental groups Center for Biological Diversity and Western Watersheds Project with Pat Munday sue in U S District Court in Butte seeking ESA listing for Montana Arctic grayling especially Big Hole River river-dwelling population. Earthjustice represents. climate change and irrigation withdrawals cited as new pressures amid regional drought and historic listings.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Montana
Big Hole
U.S. District Court
Butte
Center For Biological Diversity
Western Watersheds Project
Pat Munday
Montana Technological University
Earthjustice
San Francisco
Emily Qiu
Upper Big Hole
Medical Ethics Panel Debates Montana Conscience Bill HB 303
A Montana House hearing heard strong support and opposition as Rep. Amy Regier touts HB 303 to shield health care workers from performing care they object to on conscience grounds. Critics warn it risks patients’ lives by expanding refusals over actions like assisted death, marijuana and opioid prescriptions, and fetal gene editing.
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Amy Regier
House Judiciary Committee
Regier
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