Tuesday at a U.S. Senate Finance Committee hearing Senator Steve Daines talked about his bipartisan American Jobs and Energy Manufacturing Act to help people and towns impacted by coal plant and facility closures. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Untitled-13-6.mp3
Yellowstone Valley Electric Cooperatives’ Annual Meeting Will Look Different This Year Due To COVID-19
In the past the annual meeting of the Yellowstone Valley Electric Cooperative would start early in the morning and go all day but not this Thursday in the Pavilion at Metra Park in Billings due to the pandemic. Chief Executive Officer Brandon Whitman. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Untitled-13-5.mp3
American Red Cross Looking For Blood During March Which Is Red Cross Month And Gives Directions Where To Go
March is Red Cross Month a perfect time to donate blood. Where do you go? No problem according to Matthew Ochsner Regional Communications Director for the American Red Cross in Montana and Idaho. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Untitled-25.mp3
Montana Public Health Institute Supports Sound Health Policy And Funding. So Says CEO Hillary Hanson
The Montana Public Health Institute focuses on rural frontier and tribal communities to support sound health policy and funding. Its work began in 2020 with programs and services that support Montana’s local and tribal response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Chief Operating Officer Hillary Hanson. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/u...
Rural Communities Are Big Beneficiaries From The $1.9 Trillion COVID Relief Bill Signed Into Law By President Biden
Rural communities are big beneficiaries from the $1.9 billion COVID relief bill Matt Hildreth head of Rural Organizing dot org says there’s a long list of benefits such as $100 million in rental assistance for U-S-D-A subsidized rural properties $10 billion to expand broadband and a 15% increase in food assistance payments known as SNAP ...
1500 Mile Across Montana Trail 406 Shaping Up With State Senate Resolution Consideration Today
A path linking trails across Montana which is gaining momentum would start in Glacier National Park go down into the state’s southwest corner and back up before bending east near Great Falls to North Dakota. Marty Bannon president and founder of the Montana Trail 406 Association says the 440-mile section along the Continental Divide Trai...
AARP Montana Government Affairs Director Mike Batista On What It’s Looking For In This Legislative Session For AARP
On Voices of Montana Friday Government Affairs Director Mike Batista was a guest. He was asked what AARP is looking for in this legislative session. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Untitled-12.mp3
Department Of Revenue’s Sanjay Talwani Has The Answer To Where Your Refund Is If You’re Already Filed Your State Taxes
If you have already filed your state tax return and you’re asking where your refund is Montana Department of Revenue Public Information Officer Sanjay Talwani has the answer. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Untitled-5-4.mp3
Senator Steve Daines Reports More Vaccines Headed To Montana This Week After His Request Of President Joe Biden
There’s good news this Monday morning. Senator Steve Daines. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Untitled-16-2.mp3
Retired Public Employees On The Lookout For Legislators That Might Want To Be Messing With Their Pensions
Retired public employees say their pension money goes back into Montana communities and they’re on the lookout for measures from lawmakers that might affect their pension system. Debbie Willis is a retired probation and parole officer in Billings. She says pensions are good tools for recruiting and retaining public employees. https://nor...