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New food safety laws in Montana went into effect this month. According to Foods and Consumer Safety Supervisor Ed Evanson, the new laws will allow new businesses.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore's top prosecutor announced criminal charges Friday against all six officers suspended after a man suffered a fatal spinal injury in police custody, saying "no one is above the law."

On Friday, Governor Steve Bullock signed the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe Water Compact.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina law enforcement officials say two people are dead in an apparent murder-suicide on the state's flagship university campus.

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana lawmakers will consider legislation that would remove the words "half breed" and "breed" from the names of creeks and other places around the state.

Would you think twice about wearing your seatbelt if the penalty for not wearing one rose from a fine of 20 dollars to 100?

For many Montana cities, cell phones are already banned for drivers unless a hands-free device is being used, but that rule may soon be applied to the whole state.

As the 2015 legislative session gets underway, the Montana Department of Revenue is weighing-in on a bill that would make public the final sale prices of commercial and residential property.

Missoula law firm Datsopoulos, McDonald and Lind recently found itself on the wrong side of a decision handed down by the Montana Political Practices Commissioner regarding its support for the T.J. McDermott for Sheriff campaign.

Abortion providers in Texas want a federal judge to stop a new law that they say will leave just eight facilities statewide where women can legally terminate a pregnancy after Sept. 1.