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Montana miner backs off expansion plans, lays off 100 due to lower palladium prices
Read full article: Montana miner backs off expansion plans, lays off 100 due to lower palladium pricesThe owner of two a south-central Montana precious metals mines is stopping work on an expansion project and laying off about 100 workers because the price of palladium fell sharply in the past year.
Montana to allow transgender people to change birth record
Read full article: Montana to allow transgender people to change birth recordAfter months of defiance, Montana’s health department said it will follow a judge’s ruling and temporarily allow transgender people to change the gender on their birth certificates.
Census ponders producing less granular data in next release
Read full article: Census ponders producing less granular data in next releaseU.S. Census Bureau officials are pondering whether to produce less granular data in the next release of 2020 census data, dealing with housing and family relationships.
Forest Service maxed out as wildfires break across US West
Read full article: Forest Service maxed out as wildfires break across US WestThe U.S. Forest Service said Friday it’s operating in crisis mode, fully deploying firefighters and maxing out its support system as wildfires continue to break out across the U.S. West.