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Montana Morning State News Headlines for Tuesday, August 3
Members of a missing woman's family spoke to reporters after the court appearance of Michael Defrance on Monday, stating that they believed he was responsible for the disappearance of Jermaine Charlo.
The Montana Department of Commerce is making rental assistance available to those who may be facing evictions. Visit housing.mt.gov.
Senator Steve Daines confronted Interior Secretary Deb Haaland about her refusal to delist grizzly bears in Montana.
Partly sunny with smoky haze in western Montana today, with highs in the low 90's. Air quality is Moderate for Missoula.
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More than 100 historically Black colleges and universities are designated by the U.S. Department of Education, meeting the definition of a school "established prior to 1964, whose principal mission was, and is, the education of black Americans."
StudySoup compiled the 20 largest historically Black colleges and universities in the nation, based on 2021 data from the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics. Each HBCU on this list is a four-year institution, and the schools are ranked by the total student enrollment.
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