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The State of Montana has hired Mike Randol who led to a privatized management model for Medicare in Kansas and Iowa.

Mike Randol took over May 31 as head of Montana’s Medicaid program, which serves 280,000 people who live in low-income households or have disabilities in a state of 1.1 million

Lead contamination and exposure in Montana go back several decades. But the data do not. Without more information, state and local health departments have no way of knowing how many people have been affected and the extent of the impact.

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As frustrated mothers search for formula, one local nonprofit has helped bridge the gap for moms facing just that issue. Mother’s Milk Bank of Montana is the region’s only breastmilk bank, serving hospitals from Idaho to the Dakotas and Wyoming.

The baby formula shortage is leaving some Montanans wondering how they’ll continue to feed their newborns. Families are struggling to find food for their children, and women are rallying together to help mothers in need.

The state health department has enacted an emergency rule to restrict transgender Montanans from amending the gender marker on their birth certificates. The move clashes with a court order that blocks a new law aimed at regulating the process.

The ACLU who challenged the 2021 birth certificate law said it intends to bring the new rule to the attention of the court.

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A judge has blocked a law that would have made it harder for trans residents to change the gender on their birth certificates, but the state still hasn't changed the process.