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NY Times – Big Sky, Big Growth: How Montana’s Newcomers Are Shaping Its Senate Duel

May 26, 2024/

Out-of-state transplants, drawn during the pandemic by the Mountain West’s allure, have caused prices to soar and created new uncertainty in the state’s crucial Senate race.

By Kellen Browning

Photographs by Louise Johns

Reporting from Bozeman, Mont.


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