Articles with the Tag: government
News from Hannah VanHoose, Montana House Democrats’ Chief of Staff HELENA — During the week of June 12, legislation championed by Montana Democrats to invest in Montana’s small businesses and workforce by increasing access to affordable childcare was signed into law. HB 648, spon...
News from the office of Governor Gianforte BROADUS — Joining a group of western governors, on June 15 Governor Greg Gianforte opposed a proposed rule by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) which would alter the use of BLM lands to the detriment of recreation, livestock grazing, responsible resourc...
The Montana Legislature enacted a bipartisan solution in the form of House Bill 819 to make historic investments in workforce housing. The State of Montana is in a workforce housing crisis and the negative effects of this crisis have hit every county in the State. The Montana Community Reinve...
News from the Dept. of the Interior WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland issued the following statement following the Supreme Court’s 7-2 decision on Brackeen v. Haaland: “Today’s decision is a welcome affirmation across Indian Country of what presidents and cong...
The United States’s health care system is a mess of complex regulations and layers of bureaucracy. It’s also expensive. But Republicans in the Montana Legislature have made great strides in recent years to address what problems we can at the state level. We’ve emphasized improving ...
News from the U.S. Dept. of the Interior WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior announced on June 1 that nearly $725 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is available to 22 states and the Navajo Nation to create good-paying jobs and catalyze economic opportunity ...
News from the office of Governor Gianforte HELENA — In partnership with the National Foundation for Governors’ Fitness Councils (NFGFC), Governor Greg Gianforte announced on May 31 the three Montana schools selected to receive fully equipped fitness centers in recognition of their prom...
News from USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service WASHINGTON — The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service today announced the availability of $500 million in funding to advance partner-driven solutions to conservation on agricultural land through the Regional Conservation Partnership Pro...
HELENA — A Helena district court judge on Thursday blocked Montana from enforcing a new law that bans the most common abortion procedure after roughly 15 weeks of pregnancy. The Republican-sponsored House Bill 721 was signed by Gov. Greg Gianforte Tuesday and took effect immediately — a ...
News from the office of Governor Gianforte RYEGATE — Providing public access to over 100,000 acres of public land, Governor Greg Gianforte today celebrated the grand opening of the Big Snowy Mountains Wildlife Management Area (WMA) to Montanans. The Big Snowy Mountains WMA opened for the ...
