Government

News from the Office of the Governor  MONTANA – Governor Steve Bullock and Lt. Governor Mike Cooney launched a comprehensive database that will host state and federal grant and loan opportunities that rural Montana communities can leverage to fund community and economic development projects across the state.  The Community Development Funding Database aggregates all the funding sources available and is searchable. The database can be found at mainstreetmontanaproject.com/resources.  

News from the office of Governor Steve Bullock MONTANA – Governor Steve Bullock and Lt. Governor Mike Cooney today highlighted a tax credit for up to 75,000 low and middle-income Montanans that is available for the first time after receiving approval from the Legislature in 2017. “This ta...

POLSON – With the impeachment proceedings concluded, Senate lawmakers look to press forward with the business of the country.  One such piece of business currently under consideration in the Senate is legislation that would permanently authorize and completely fund the Land and Water Conservati...

MONTANA — Just how hard do Montana cities, counties, and school districts lean on residential property taxes to fund government services? Figures presented to lawmakers last month indicate the answer varies widely across different parts of the state, ranging from as low as $125 annually per capita in M...

News from the office of Senator Jon Tester  U.S. Senate —  As part of his ongoing effort to ensure every Montana kid has the resources they need to get a quality education, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today announced that he is donating twenty-five Senate computers to five schools across the...

News from the office of Congressman Greg Gianforte WASHINGTON — At a recent hearing of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, Congressman Greg Gianforte urged lawmakers to focus on addressing addiction and questioned a leading expert about the connection between marijuana a...

MONTANA — On Feb. 3, Greg Hertz, Speaker of the House, E. Wylie Galt, Speaker Pro Tempore, and Brad Tschida, House Majority Leader, sent the following letter to Representative Garcia following his disturbing comments regarding people with certain political opinions:      Representati...

By Alex McKenzie, Montana Free Press  HELENA — Lee Newspapers Capitol reporter Holly Michels thought she was covering a relatively mundane event last Friday at the Montana Republican Party’s Winter Kickoff event in Helena. Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke had just wrapped up his add...

News from the office of Governor Steve Bullock MONTANA — Governor Steve Bullock announced the State of Montana is making plans to invest $16 million per year over the next five years, or $80 million total, to add capacity to existing community-based services for individuals with severe and disabli...

News from the Office of the Governor  MONTANA – Montana’s unemployment rate remained at 3.4 percent in December, with 1,200 jobs added over the month. The U.S. unemployment rate was unchanged at 3.5 percent. Lake County’s unemployment rate is at 4.3 percent. “I am optimis...