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Missoula County commissioners on Thursday accused the Secretary of State of using artificial data to drive a personal legislative agenda and called the tone of several recent emails sent by the newly elected official as both "unprofessional" and "juvenile."

"This is a novel approach to basic income in a few ways. First, it’s funded by natural resources rather than raising taxes. Second, it comes from conservative principles of smaller government, rather than progressive principles of a larger safety net. This shows basic income is a bipartisan idea," Zuckerberg wrote.

Student loans could be in for a big shakeup in the coming months as President Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress set out to remake the complex business, potentially eliminating benefits and protections that borrowers depend on.

It’s the first city to set water rates based on income.

The Healing of America is required reading for all those hoping to understand the state of health care in our country, and around the world.

Data released in the final days of the previous administration shows that the existing rules have proved more effective at shutting down bad college programs than even the most optimistic backers could have hoped.

“How can we have a strong country if we have hungry kids?” Bridges said, addressing the audience and panel of nine governors at the Western Governors Assocation meeting in Whitefish.

"Jobs matter. There’s a social cost of not having jobs. And we love environmental regulations fair and equitable, but it takes wealth to make sure that we can maintain those regulations and improve," Zinke said.

"The health of our children is a wonderful compass that can tell us if our country is going the right direction," he said. "That means we’re off course, so I’m rooting for the president to get on course."

Mr. Bloomberg said his city-focused initiative would serve in part as an extension of his advocacy for national policies that address climate change, gun violence, public health and immigration.