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‘Kindness of America’ author shot in random act of violence

A man hitchhiking across the country while working on a book called “The Kindness of America” was seriously wounded over the weekend in a “random” drive-by shooting, according to police. Ray Dolin, 39, was shot in the arm near Glasgow, Montana after a man offered him a ride on Saturday…

Montana judge strikes down birth control ban

A judge in Montana ruled this week that the state’s ban on using taxpayer money to provide birth control coverage to girls on the Healthy Montana Kids program is unconstitutional. Montana District Court Judge Jim Reynolds said in his ruling that the state had failed to provide evidence that the ban…

Supreme Court allows Montana corporation election spending

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday handed a victory to corporations and a political advocacy group by allowing them to spend freely before Montana’s 2012 elections, a follow-up case to the court’s major campaign finance ruling two years ago. The justices granted a request from the three…

Taibbi: Montana decision ‘just the start’ of fight against ‘Citizens United’

Appearing on Current TV’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann on Thursday night, Rolling Stone political contributor Matt Taibbi suggested that a recent decision by the Montana Supreme Court will be seen as the start of a long fight against corporate money in American elections. The highest court in Montana recently struck…