A new study found that maternal mortality in the U.S. more than doubled between 1999 and 2019, and in that 20-year span, Native American populations saw the largest increase in maternal mortality when compared to any other racial or ethnic group.

The new law, passed by Bozeman Democratic Rep. Alice Buckley, increases eligibility for the Best Beginnings child care scholarship to up to 185% of the federal poverty level, which is expected to up participation in the program by 25%. The income threshold is now $36,482 for a single parent with one child and $55,500 for a family of four.

Zephyr and Reed, both 34, have emerged as a vanguard, a couple spreading hope to fellow transgender people amid a year in which hundreds of bills were proposed or passed that restrict their rights in health care and other realms. Their appearances at Pride events this month throughout the country replicate scenes like the one in Missoula.

A bill that would codify parts of the federal Indian Child Welfare Act into state law passed the Senate on Friday after a contentious discussion on the floor.

Thirty-eight senators voted in support of the bill in the second reading, and 12 were opposed. In the third reading, which also happened Friday, 33 people voted in support and the same 12 senators remained opposed.