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Challenge Targets 2025 Tax Changes HELENA, Mont. — Three prominent Republicans are asking a judge to overturn one of the two major property tax bills passed in 2025, arguing the legislation was pushed through the Legislature in a way that violated Montana’s Constitution. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Gallatin County

Districts Say State Is Failing Students ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Two Alaska school districts filed suit Tuesday in Anchorage Superior Court, accusing the state, the governor and the education commissioner of failing to meet constitutional obligations to fund public education. The Kuspuk School District and the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District

Claims of Unauthorized Operation ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A new lawsuit alleges that Buncombe County operated its Pretrial Release Services Program for years without the legal authority required under North Carolina law, and that a judge’s signature was falsified to secure more than $4.8 million in grant funding. The

City Seeks Court-Ordered Entry WICHITA FALLS, Texas — The city of Wichita Falls has filed a lawsuit against a group of Clay County landowners in an effort to gain access to their property for work tied to the proposed Lake Ringgold reservoir. The suit, filed Tuesday in 97th District Court

Lawsuit Seeks Full Passenger Logs OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma Voice and its parent organization have filed an open records lawsuit against the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, claiming the agency unlawfully withheld information about the use of the state plane. The lawsuit, filed by States Newsroom doing business as Oklahoma Voice, says

Companies Challenge Cost Shifts BANGOR, Maine — Two community solar companies based outside Maine have filed a federal lawsuit aiming to block a new state law that changes how solar billing costs are shared. Berwick Solar and Rumford Solar filed the complaint Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor. The