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Additional $600 unemployment benefit ends July 25

News from the Montana Department of Labor and Industry MONTANA — The Montana Department of Labor and Industry reminds Montanans that the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation program ends the week of July 25.  Established through the passage of the federal CARES Act, the temporary pro...

Hemp producers get even playing field, less red tape

News from the Office of Senator Jon Tester  BIG SANDY — After months of efforts to expand banking services for Montana hemp producers, U.S. Senator Jon Tester announced that the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has updated its guidance to expand financial services available for hemp busin...

Brief filed in support of ERA

News from the Office of the Governor  MONTANA – Governor Steve Bullock filed an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking to adopt the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution. In the brief, Bullock highlights Mo...

U.S. Census Bureau hiring in Montana

News from the 2020 Census MONTANA — It is not too late to apply for a part-time position with the 2020 Census. Working as a temporary census taker is a great way to earn extra income and help your community.   The Census Bureau is currently recruiting thousands of census takers, also calle...

Going-to-the-Sun Road
partially opens

 News from Glacier National Park MONTANA — In keeping with Glacier National Park’s adaptive operations recovery, the Going-to-the-Sun Road will open to motorized vehicles from the west entrance to Logan Pass and as far as Rising Sun on July 13, pending any last-minute changes due to wea...

Cracking the transportation bottleneck Cracking the transportation bottleneck

Montana is the oldest state west of the Mississippi, and demographic projections show the state growing collectively older as more Montanans enter their senior years. The economic, cultural, and personal impacts of that trend present the state and its residents with new challenges and, with those challenges...

Now is a good time to review property titles

MSU News Service, MSU Extension MONTANA – Montana State University Extension educators say it is important for people to understand how titling personal property that is owned in joint tenancy with right of survivorship could have unintended consequences. MSU Extension family economics speciali...

Providence Montana adjusts inpatient visitor guidelines

News from Providence Health and Services Montana Providence Montana is committed to providing a safe, healing, patient-centered care environment. While hospital visitation or accompanying a patient for a medical appointment is valuable, there are times when limitations must be placed on incoming visitor...

Expanded unemployment benefits now available to eligible Montanans

HELENA — The Montana Department of Labor & Industry announced that Montana is offering extended Benefits for eligible individuals who exhaust their previous unemployment insurance benefits. Under state and federal law, extended benefits offer up to 13 weeks of additional benefits to those who ha...

DPHHS releases report on preventing child fatalities in Montana

News from the DPHHS MONTANA – Department of Public Health and Human Services Director Sheila Hogan released the department’s 2019 Child Fatality Prevention Report. “Montana’s child fatality rate is lower than the national average,” Hogan said. “We at DPHHS continue...


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