Articles with the Tag: government
News from the the office of Senator Daines U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines joined a group of bipartisan colleagues in sending a letter to the Biden administration urging continued support for the Medicare Advantage program, which provides quality health care to millions of American seniors...
News from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs HELENA — Veterans in suicidal crisis are now able to go to any VA or non-VA health care facility for emergency health care at no cost – including inpatient or crisis residential care for up to 30 days and outpatient care for up to 90 da...
News from Keely Larson / KHN-UM Legislative News Service HELENA — A fund championed by Gov. Greg Gianforte to fill gaps in Montana’s substance use and behavioral health treatment programs has spe...
News from Montana Legislative Branch HELENA/ZOOM — The Montana Districting and Apportionment Commission meets Feb. 10-11, in Helena Capitol Room 172 and on Zoom to discuss the 68th Montana Legislature’s recommendations to tentative commission plan TCP-3 for state legislative districting. ...
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...
MONTANA — A bill to statutorily define Montana’s constitutional right to privacy as not protecting the right to abortion passed a key vote in the Senate chamber Wednesday, leaving one more hurdle before it can continue its trajectory to a House committee. Senate Bill 154, sponsored by Se...
A bipartisan coalition of legislators and education advocates aims to tackle Montana’s teacher shortage by driving down insurance costs. News from Alex Sakariassen Montana Free Press MONTANA — A bipartisan coalition of state lawmakers and public education organizations Wednesday unveiled...
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 the office of Senator Daines U.S. SENATE — On Jan. 25 Senator Daines paid tribute to a true Montana hero, Dr. Daniel Edelman. Senator Daines hosted Dr. Edelman in his office and delivered a speech on the Senate floor in his honor. Dr. Edelman is a veteran of the United States Army who wa...
News from ServeMonana HELENA — The Governor’s Office of Community Service announced that between September 2020 and September 2021, over 270,000 Montanans regularly served and 568,000 people informally served their neighbors according to the Volunteering and Civic Life in America research. T...
