Government

News from the office of Governor Steve Bullock  HELENA — Governor Steve Bullock today announced the appointment of Angela Grant of Arlee to the Traumatic Brain Injury Advisory Council. She is being reappointed to serve a term ending Jan. 1, 2023.  Ms. Grant fulfills the qualifications of representative of injury control or prevention programs. Grant is a psychiatric nurse.  

MONTANA – A bill that would settle a longstanding water rights dispute between the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and state and federal governments would also return control of the National Bison Range to the tribes.  While the exact language of the bill has not yet been made public, a...

News from OPI MONTANA – Senate Bill 140 (the Montana Dyslexia Screening and Intervention Act) was signed into law on May 1 of this year after receiving overwhelming bipartisan support from the Montana Legislature. This law describes indicators for dyslexia and requires schools to screen for and pr...

News from the office of Govenor Steve Bullock HELENA — Governor Steve Bullock joined child welfare advocates and Montana families to celebrate the adoption of two children at the 23rd Annual Celebrate Adoption ceremony. “In celebration of National Adoption Awareness month, we recognize th...

News from DPHHS MONTANA – The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services announced its notice of intent to begin enforcing emergency rules that temporarily restrict the sale of flavored e-cigarette products in Montana. Enforcement of the emergency rules begins on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 20...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture is opening signup for the Conservation Reserve Program on Dec. 9. The deadline for agricultural producers to sign up for general CRP is Feb. 28, 2020, while signup for continuous CRP is ongoing.

An agreement between the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and the federal government over long-disputed water rights took a major step forward Thursday when Montana Sen. Steve Daines said he plans to introduce a bill that would implement a new settlement framework. “Today is a really importan...

News from the office of Governor Steve Bullock MONTANA – Governor Steve Bullock today announced that Montana will again partner with the SANS Institute to provide high school girls the opportunity to learn cybersecurity skills and compete for college scholarships through the 2020 Girls Go CyberSta...

News from the United States Department of Justice  Attorney General William P. Barr launched a national strategy to address missing and murdered Native Americans. The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Initiative places MMIP coordinators in 11 U.S. Attorney’s offices who will develop pro...

News from the Office of Senator Jon Tester  MONTANA – Lake County Community Development Corporation will use a grant to provide technical assistance for rural cooperative development U.S. Senator Jon Tester announced last week that the USDA awarded a $200,000 grant to LCCDC, which will use...