Articles with the Tag: Montana
News from Montana House Democrats HELENA— On Feb. 9, Republicans in the House Judiciary Committee opposed a bipartisan solution to help renters desperate for housing when they voted against reconsidering HB 233. HB 233 would ensure that Montanans get a refund of their rental application fees...
News from the Office of Senator Daines U.S. SENATE – On Feb. 9, U.S. Senators Steve Daines and Jon Tester led a bipartisan group of colleagues in designating the week beginning Feb. 5 as “National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week,” to highlight the importance of higher education i...
News from Kiely Lammers, Director of MT Families for Vaccines HELENA — Recently members of a new organization, Montana Families for Vaccines, introduced themselves and their organization to state lawmakers, asking for their support for pro-vaccine policies to be passed this session. Montan...
News from Mara Silvers / MFP and JoVonne Wagner / ICT HELENA — A bill to cement existing federal protections in state law for Native American children, families and tribal nations navigating child welfare proceedings received broad support from Indigenous child welfare advocates during a packed he...
HELENA — One week before Gov. Greg Gianforte was scheduled to give his State of the State address to the Montana Legislature, a panel of lawmakers tabled and then revived one of the flagship bills in his tax package, which would spend a quarter of the state’s nearly $2 billion surplus on property...
News from Tribal Health MONTANA — The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) in conjunction with local law enforcement have identified a sharp increase in both fatal and non-fatal overdoses from non-pharmaceutical fentanyl across the state in the last 10 days. From Jan. ...
RONAN — The Ronan Revitalization Committee held their first meeting of the new year on Jan. 23 to discuss progress toward improving the town and projects to look forward to. As part of the requirement for participating in the Montana Main Street (MMS) program, members of the committee, along w...
With the holidays behind us and Congress gearing up for a new session, I look forward to continuing my mission fighting for our Montana way of life in Washington, D.C. Under President Biden and Democrat congressional leadership, Montanans are facing the highest inflation rate in three decades, driving up pri...
News from the office of Governor Gianforte HELENA — Following a year of records for low unemployment, labor force growth, and total employment, Governor Greg Gianforte recently announced Montana’s unemployment rate fell to 2.8% in December as the state’s total employment and labo...
News from USDA WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced the details of additional assistance for dairy producers, including a second round of payments through the Pandemic Market Volatility Assistance Program (PMVAP) and a new Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Pro...
