Articles from the February 25, 2021 edition


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  • Privacy Protections, Voting Restrictions, Bison Bills and Pandemic Preparedness

    Austin Amestoy, UM Legislative News Service University of Montana School of Journalism|Feb 25, 2021

    Montana Constitutional Amendment would Establish Protections for Electronic Messages The Montana Legislature is considering a bill proponents say will offer increased clarity and protections for privacy in the digital age. Senate Bill 203, sponsored by Sen. Kenneth Bogner, R-Miles City, seeks to ask voters to amend Montana’s Constitution to add language to Article II, Section 11 that would explicitly protect electronic data and communications from illegal searches and seizures. At the bill’s first hearing on Tuesday, Feb. 16, Bogner described t... Full story

  • "No One Can Stop Them:" Meet the Families Behind the Push for Insurance Coverage for Montana's Deaf Children

    Austin Amestoy, UM Legislative News Service University of Montana School of Journalism|Feb 25, 2021

    Nine years ago, doctors diagnosed Caden Shrauger with stage-four neuroblastoma, a rare cancer that developed in his nerve cells and spread throughout his body. At the time, doctors told his family he had a 50% chance of survival. Caden underwent numerous rounds of treatment to fight back, and eventually, he won his battle -- but not before the chemotherapy damaged his hearing. Now, the 12-year-old Bozeman boy is on his second pair of hearing aids, which, he told lawmakers on the Montana House Human Services Committee, help him do everything... Full story