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Articles with the Tag: Governor Greg Gianforte

Gov. Gianforte devotes ARPA funds to increase childcare access, protect seniors

News from DPHHS HELENA — Governor Greg Gianforte announced that the state will devote America  Rescue Plan Act funds to increase access to quality child care services for Montana families, protect Montana seniors, and provide home energy and home water assistance to low-income Montanans. T...

State, local officials join forces to raise awareness about elder abuse

News from DPHHS Governor Greg Gianforte, Attorney General Austin Knudsen, Department of Public Health and Human Services Director Adam Meier, Mike Grove, President/CEO Bank of the Rockies and Michael Hagenlock of DPHHS Adult Protective Services came together Friday, June 15, to raise awareness about eld...

Briefs for June 23, 2021

$22.2M more in ARPA funds for MT cities, towns News from the office of Governor Gianforte HELENA — Governor Greg Gianforte announced the disbursement of nearly $22.2 million in federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act to 42 cities and towns across the state. “These ARPA funds ...

MT Supreme Court finds SB 140 constitutional

News from the office of Governor Gianforte HELENA — In response to the Montana Supreme Court finding SB 140 constitutional with its decision in Brown v. Gianforte, Governor Gianforte issued the following statement:  “The Montana Supreme Court reaffirmed what we’ve known to be t...

Montana prepared for fire season

News from the Office of the Governor MONTANA — Governor Greg Gianforte received the 2021 Fire Season Briefing from state and federal agency administrators and fire management officers. “Much of Montana is currently in moderate to extreme drought conditions, increasing the risk of a severe...

Gianforte sets wildfire priorities for ‘above-normal’ season Gianforte sets wildfire priorities for ‘above-normal’ season

MONTANA — In a wildfire briefing at the state Capitol attended by more than a dozen land use and wildfire response agency leaders, Gov. Greg Gianforte said he wants to double the number of treated acres on Montana’s forests and pressured the National Park Service to extinguish all wildfire starts...

Legal cannabis: Next steps, and what you can do now Legal cannabis: Next steps, and what you can do now

MONTANA — While the bill that establishes the framework of recreational cannabis in Montana is still waiting for Gov. Greg Gianforte’s signature, the department that will implement the program is wasting no time getting ready.   Officials at the Montana Department of Revenue are already p...

MMIP crisis bills signed

News from the Office of the Governor MONTANA — Governor Greg Gianforte signed two bills to help address the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons in Montana. “Montana faces a tragic trend of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons, and we must bring all resources to bear in st...

Briefs for May 19, 2021

Sign up for soil health, income protection program News from USDA BOZEMAN — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that agricultural producers in the Prairie Pothole states can now sign up for the Soil Health and Income Protection Program, which provides a short-term option to plant cove...

Gov. Gianforte signs tax cuts, reform into law

News from the office of Governor Gianforte KALISPELL — Governor Greg Gianforte signed two measures into law to cut Montana’s income tax rate and simplify the state’s tax code. Gov. Gianforte signed the Personal Income Tax Relief Act, Senate Bill 159, which reduces Montana’s to...


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