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MT organization amplifies voices of disability communities ButteNews.net Optics not reality prevails in the Whitman-Biden fight over Michigan's brutal COVID infection rate, the New York Times reports. April 7, 2021 As variants of the virus establish a foothold and government relaxes rules, cases of COVID-19 are once again on the rise, the New York Times reports. ButteNews.net Montana's legislature has to decide how to allocate $900 million in funds, part of a $3 billion dollar possible package from The American Rescue Plan Act. The plan could expand broadband access in the state, MainStreetM...

Project gets affordable legal aid to rural Montanans April 7, 2021 As variants of the virus establish a foothold and government relaxes rules, cases of COVID-19 are once again on the rise, the New York Times reports. ButteNews.net Montana's legislature has to decide how to allocate $900 million in funds, part of a $3 billion dollar possible package from The American Rescue Plan Act. The plan could expand broadband access in the state, MainStreetMontana.com reports. ButteNews.net A man and his son were able to disarm and detain Dylan Harrison, a man who was allegedly trying to steal their veh...

1:58 Young people in Boise have been holding rallies calling for action on climate change in recent years. Credit thauwald-pictures/Adobe Stock Chase Bank is receiving an April Fool's greeting today from Boise youths, who are calling the institution out for its investment in fossil fuels. A recent report found JPMorgan Chase has financed $317 billion worth of coal, oil and gas projects since the Paris Climate Agreement was adopted in 2016, the most of any bank. That's prompted Extinction Rebellion Youth Boise to hold a flash-mob dance party at the city's downtown location. Petra Hoffman, ...

1:18 Continued education for older people helps keep their brains healthy, but also is a way to make new friends. Credit insta_photos/Adobe Stock A program designed as a source of continuing education for older Idahoans has a new function during the pandemic: combatting social isolation. New Knowledge Adventures is in its sixth year of offering classes to people age 50 and over. Because of COVID-19, its classes have moved online, said Carol Hourcade, who chairs the outreach committee for the organization. "If you take a class on a certain subject, another class member is in that class because...

Credit Brocreative/Adobe Stock The latest COVID-19 relief package makes massive investments in child well-being.  "We have not seen funding levels that are included in this bill for the community-based child abuse prevention programs in the entire history of that program, which is over 30 years old," Jim McKay said. McKay, with the Children's Trust Fund Alliance, says the programs provide resources for families, helping to prevent abuse and neglect. And it's been a long time coming.  McKay, who is speaking at an Idaho-based conference on child abuse prevention this week, says the bill als...