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Rep. Zooey Zephyr, D-Missoula, sits in a meeting of the House Judiciary Committee in the Montana State Capitol in Helena, Mont. on Monday, May 1, 2023.

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Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr sues over removal from House floor

by Amy Beth Hanson Associated Press, and Matthew Brown Associated PressMay 1, 2023

HELENA, Mont. — Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr asked a court Monday to allow for her return to the House floor after she was silenced and barred for chiding her Republican colleagues over legislation to restrict gender-affirming health care and for…

Rep. Zoey Zephyr, D-Missoula, watches a House Rules Committee meeting on Thursday in the state Capitol in Helena.

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Trans lawmaker silenced for 2nd day by Montana House speaker

by Amy Beth Hanson Associated PressApril 21, 2023

Muris Demirovic waits by his rental car outside Yellowstone National Park for the entrance gate to open, Wednesday June 22, 2022, near Wapiti, Wyo. Demirovic said he was supposed to leave the area earlier in the week but extended his trip to get in the park when it partially reopened after flood damage forced it to close last week. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

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Yellowstone park partially reopens

by Matthew Brown Associated Press, and Amy Beth Hanson Associated PressJune 22, 2022

In this photo provided by Sam Glotzbach, the fast-rushing Yellowstone River flooded what appeared to be a small boathouse in Gardiner, Mont., on Monday, June 13, 2022, just north of Yellowstone National Park. (Sam Glotzbach via AP)

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Floods strand many in Yellowstone

by Amy Beth Hanson Associated Press, and Matthew Brown Associated PressJune 14, 2022

A water truck drives on a road, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021, next to an Amtrak train that derailed Saturday, near Joplin, Mont., killing three people and injuring others. Federal investigators are seeking the cause of the derailment. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Answers sought in deadly Amtrak derailment

by Amy Beth Hanson Associated Press, Martha Bellisle Associated Press, and Anita Snow Associated PressSeptember 27, 2021

This aerial view taken Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, shows part of an Amtrak train that derailed in north-central Montana Saturday that killed multiple people and left others hospitalized, officials said. The westbound Empire Builder was en route to Seattle from Chicago, with two locomotives and 10 cars, when it left the tracks about 4 p.m. Saturday. (Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette via AP)

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Feds probe deadly Amtrak derailment in Montana

by Amy Beth Hanson Associated Press, and Anita Snow Associated PressSeptember 26, 2021

Traffic along Main Street in Roundup, Mont. is seen on Monday, April 27, 2020. A few businesses reopened in the small town this week as Montana began to lift restrictions imposed over the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

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Stores reopen across rural US

by Matthew Brown Associated Press, and Amy Beth Hanson Associated PressApril 28, 2020