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Pulling back the curtains on wage-theft enforcement in MN; Trump's latest attack is on RFK, Jr; NM LGBTQ+ equality group endorses 2024 'Rock Star' candidates; Michigan's youth justice reforms: Expanded diversion, no fees.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says rebuilding Baltimore's Key Bridge will be challenging and expensive. An Alabama Democrat flips a state legislature seat and former Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82.

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Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

MT: Juvenile Justice

The Center for Restorative Youth Justice is based in Kalispell, Mont. (arloo/Adobe Stock)
MT Restorative-Justice Org Offers Another Path in Juvenile System

An organization in Montana is providing an alternative model for juvenile justice. The Center for Restorative Youth Justice is based in the Flathead …

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Young people who are transitioning out of foster care could be spending the holidays without a support system. (Brian/Adobe Stock)
Aging Out of Foster Care System Presents Challenges for MT Youth

MISSOULA, Mont. - Young people who age out of the foster care program face unique challenges. Those challenges can feel especially acute and …

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TaNeel Filesteel is an Indigenous Generation ambassador who helped with the State of Native Youth Report and deputy prosecutor at the Fort Belknap reservation. (Jason Packineau/Harvard University Native American Program)
Report Highlights State of Native Youth

HELENA, Mont. – A new report assesses the state of native youth in Montana and across the country. The second annual report from the Aspen …

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Sending young people to prison doesn't work, according to research that suggests an entirely new system is needed. (Michael Coghlan/Flickr)
Youth Prisons Don't Work, Report Says

HELENA, Mont. – A new report from The Annie E. Casey Foundation pulls together evidence of the ineffectiveness of youth correctional facilities…

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A legislative committee meets today to finalize proposed changes to rape laws in Montana. (KatarzynaBialasiewicz/iStockphoto)
MT Legislators Meet to Finalize Proposed Changes to Rape Laws

HELENA, Mont. - Montana lawmakers will meet Monday in Helena to finalize changes to proposed state laws on crimes involving sexual violence - bills …

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New limits have been placed on the cost of phone calls in prison. Credit: Arnoshwithal/morguefile
FCC Slashes Rates For Prison Phone Calls

WASHINGTON - Phone calls to and from prison inmates in Montana will cost a lot less starting next year, thanks to a decision Thursday by the Federal …

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