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A new report predicts how Montana’s legislature will shape up during the general election, the state health department investigates illness caused by a psychedelic mushroom product, and a special report on the bird known world-wide that’s been making Montana home for 20 years.

Backers of two constitutional initiatives claim to have enough signatures to be on Montana’s November ballot, Missoula restricts where unhoused people can live, and this year’s fire season brings some unusual conditions.

A large chunk of funding pulled from a popular Montana museum, new water quality standards faced with opposition, and things you can do right now to protect your home from wildfire.

Lawmakers reject all calls for a special session, an agency works to move homeless people out of Montana, and how recent rains impact the summer water outlook.

Billings police look for help identifying the culprits who keep defacing the city’s iconic sandstone rims, a fish consumption advisory issued for women and children of certain ages on a river popular with anglers, and we review the first debate between Montana’s candidates for U.S. Senate.

A final plan to manage bison near Yellowstone announced, two recreation areas closed due to bear activity, and fundraising underway for a new venue for K-12 education in Montana.