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![Montana teens, medical providers sue to block law banning gender-affirming care for minors](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/04/attachment-gender-capitol.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Montana teens, medical providers sue to block law banning gender-affirming care for minors
Two transgender Montana teenagers and their families, along with two medical providers of gender-affirming care in the state, are challenging Montana’s newly signed law that bans the treatments for minors and opens practitioners up to professional punishment and lawsuits.
![Missoula Rep. Howell ‘the last trans voice’ on House floor](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/05/attachment-Howell.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Missoula Rep. Howell ‘the last trans voice’ on House floor
Rep. Regier said in a press conference following Zephyr’s censure last week that SJ Howell was an example of someone who could articulate their point of view on the floor within the rules decorum.
![Zero constitutional amendments pass out of the legislature](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/03/Capitol.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Zero constitutional amendments pass out of the legislature
This year, Montana Republicans held an historic supermajority at the legislature, and prior to the session, the list of proposed constitutional amendments kept growing.
![Groups: Clearcutting plan outside Yellowstone will imperil griz, lynx](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2021/09/logging.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Groups: Clearcutting plan outside Yellowstone will imperil griz, lynx
A coalition of environmental groups has put the United States Forest Service on notice that its plan to clearcut more than 5,500 acres of forests just outside of Yellowstone National Park in the Custer-Gallatin National Forest will be challenged.
![Zephyr working outside House floor; her committee meetings cancelled](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/04/attachment-Zephyr-capitol.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Zephyr working outside House floor; her committee meetings cancelled
Minority Leader Kim Abbott, D-Helena, said she spoke with the Speaker so that Zephyr would be allowed to be in the hallway on a bench, which is usually occupied by lobbyists and visitors.
![Sources: Lee newspapers plans to reduce printing days](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2018/08/Newspapers.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Sources: Lee newspapers plans to reduce printing days
Lee Enterprises, the corporate owner of five Montana daily newspapers, plans to reduce the number of days it prints in most of its newspapers to three days per week.
![After floor ban, Rep. Zephyr says she feels ‘joy and pride’ standing up for constituents](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/04/attachment-legislature-zephyr.jpg?w=980&q=75)
After floor ban, Rep. Zephyr says she feels ‘joy and pride’ standing up for constituents
After being banned from the Montana House floor for the last eight days of the 2023 legislative session, Rep. Zooey Zephyr feels like she did the right thing.
![Montana House cancels Tuesday floor session as leadership considers response to Zephyr protests](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/04/attachment-Senate-Regier.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Montana House cancels Tuesday floor session as leadership considers response to Zephyr protests
The Montana House canceled its floor session on Tuesday as Republican leadership determines its next steps following Monday’s protest in the chamber that led to the arrests of seven people.
![At least seven arrested after protest in gallery in support of Rep. Zephyr](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2023/04/attachment-Capitol-protest.jpg?w=980&q=75)
At least seven arrested after protest in gallery in support of Rep. Zephyr
Law enforcement officers from three agencies detained several people Monday after protesting in the gallery of the Montana House against the Republican Speaker’s silencing of Missoula Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr.
![Rosendale proposes defunding conservation land programs](http://townsquare.media/site/1098/files/2022/03/Rosendale-1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Rosendale proposes defunding conservation land programs
Rep. Rosendale's efforts would decimate the Land and Water Conservation Fund as well as ignore a provision in the 2020 Great American Outdoors Act.