Articles with the Tag: government
News from the office of Governor Gianforte MISSOULA – Governor Gianforte recently continued his 56 County Tour visiting with Montanans in Flathead, Lake, and Missoula counties to celebrate legislative partnerships and business innovation in western Montana. “Working with our partner...
MT Fish, Wildlife & Parks HELENA – Boaters in Montana no longer need a validation decal from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks thanks to legislation signed into law by Gov. Greg Gianforte on May 1. The legislation was sponsored by Rep. Steve Kelly and was proposed by FWP. The main feature ...
Federal grants often serve as the backbone of rural library services. Without their local library, many communities would lose access to basic resources. However, recent federal actions have placed critical funding for public libraries and museums in jeopardy. Following an executive order from President T...
News from the office of Governor Gianforte HELENA — Governor Greg Gianforte recently signed into law a bill to ban the manufacturing and sale of lab-grown meat in Montana. “If you’ve ever had the pleasure of enjoying a cut of Montana beef, you know there is no substitute,” Gov...
News from the office of Governor Gianforte HELENA – Governor Greg Gianforte recently announced Montana has the third lowest unemployment rate in the nation, behind South Dakota and North Dakota. Montana’s unemployment rate remained unchanged and near its record low at 2.7 percent in April...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, released the following statement after a hearing on the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 budget request for the U.S. Department of the ...
News from the Office of Governor Gianforte HELENA — On May 8, Governor Greg Gianforte secured historic funding to raise starting teacher pay, signing into law the STARS Act to continue incentivizing school districts to increase to baseline teacher pay. The STARS Act, or Student and Teacher Adva...

Montanans are being crushed under the weight of skyrocketing property taxes. Longtime residents are watching their tax bill soar as wealthy out-of-staters scoop up land and inflate home values across Montana. Families, seniors, and working people across the state are pleading for relief. This session a gr...

News from the office of Governor Gianforte HELENA – Joining Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen, Governor Greg Gianforte on Monday, May 5, signed Senate Bill 276, implementing photo identification for voting in Montana. “Montana serves as a model for the rest of the nation by conducting s...
News from Fore Genomics MONTANA — Montana ranks ninth in the nation with 6.8% of children under the age of 18 lacking health insurance. New research was done to determine which states have the highest population of uninsured children. Massachusetts has the lowest percentage of uninsured chil...