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State Transportation Officials Seek Input On Proposed Roundabout Project Coming To Southwest Billings In 2029
State transportation planners want your input on a new roundabout coming to 64th Street West and King Avenue West. There's an open house at Elder Grove Elementary where you can see the plans and share what you think about the project.
montanarightnow.com
Montana lawmakers allege disability discrimination in fight over psychiatric facility
The city of Laurel this week adamantly denied allegations that it is discriminating against people with disabilities by fighting with the state about a psychiatric facility it intends to build outside of town. The allegations came Thursday in a meeting of the Long-Range Planning Interim Budget Committee. Lawmakers there voted...
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Laurel Denies Disability Discrimination Allegations Over Facility Dispute
The city of Laurel is vigorously rejecting claims of discrimination against people with disabilities amid ongoing disputes with the state over a planned psychiatric facility. The city’s refusal to annex land needed for the 32-bed forensic psychiatric facility, a key part of Montana’s mental health infrastructure, has sparked allegations of civil rights violations. State lawmakers claim the city’s stance could breach the Americans with Disabilities Act and Fair Housing Act, as reported in a recent committee meeting. Laurel officials maintain their opposition stems from existing water supply challenges rather than discrimination.
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The ballots are in the mail
Absentee ballots for the Nov.3 election were dropped in the mail Friday, Oct 9, 25 days before the general election. Yellowstone County Election Administrator Dayna Causby said if a voter lives in or near the city limits of Billings, her office has found that absentee ballots are usually delivered the next day.
Q2 News
Billings City Council votes to sell Lampman Park to a developer for $834,000
Montana Free Press
Montana lawmakers allege disability discrimination in fight over psychiatric facility
The city of Laurel this week adamantly denied allegations that it is discriminating against people with disabilities by fighting with the state about a psychiatric facility it intends to build outside of town. The allegations came Thursday in a meeting of the Long-Range Planning Interim Budget Committee. Lawmakers there voted...
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Proposed Huntley training site could keep National Guard crews closer to home
HUNTLEY, Mont. — A proposed training site near Huntley could give Montana Army National Guard soldiers based in Billings a closer place to practice engineering skills. The Montana Army National Guard said the site would serve the engineering company based in Billings. Soldiers would use an existing county gravel pit from time to time to practice operating heavy equipment, moving earth and other construction work tied to disaster recovery.
Q2 News
Montanans turn heating on as national fuel costs change
cdotimes.com
Billings Clinic seeks dismissal of website tracking class action lawsuit – Billings Gazette
The Trump administration is halting Obamacare coverage for more than 760,000 enrollees it believes were improperly signed up. Billings Clinic has moved to dismiss a class action lawsuit filed against the nonprofit in July that alleged the hospital system shared users’ private health information with third parties, such as advertisers, when they visited its website.
Q2 News
St. Vincent Regional Hospital building construction reaches half of final height
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Before It Held Fine Art, This Billings Museum Held Inmates Behind Bars
You can walk into the Yellowstone Art Museum in downtown Billings to see paintings, sculptures, and exhibitions from artists across Montana and beyond. But long before the building became a place for art, it was where Yellowstone County held people behind bars. The building at 401 North 27th Street has...