Governor Greg Gianforte was on Voices of Montana Wednesday. He said he will roll out his comeback budget today. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Untitled-18.mp3
With A High Suicide Rate Montana Legislature To Consider Update To Suicide Prevention Program Today
Montana’s suicide rate is constantly among the highest in the nation. Today Montana lawmakers will consider a bill that would update the state’s Suicide Prevention Program. Matt Kuntz who heads the National Alliance on Mental Illness in Montana says suicides have hit the state’s rural areas hard. It also affects native youths...
Montana Fish Wildlife And Parks To Drain Lake Elmo In Billings Heights To Kill Invasive Asian Clams
Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks will drain Lake Elmo in Billings Heights to eradicate invasive Asian Clams. FWP’s Bob Gibson. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Untitled-8-1.mp3
With Legislature In Session Billings Mayor Has Concerns He Wants Legislators To Address
With the Montana legislature now in session Billings Mayor Bill Cole wants to have them look at something. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Untitled-16.mp3
An Event To Take Place Today In Washington D.C. By People Who Don’t Believe Trump Lost Election
Today in Washington D.C. there will be an event the same day Electoral College votes will be counted by people who don’t believe President Donald Trump lost the election. Drew Lesofski Managing Partner of Yellowstone Strategies with offices in Montana and the nation’s capitol was on Voices of Montana Tuesday. https://northernbroadc...
2020 Census Numbers To Be Used By Montana Districting And Apportionment Commission When Received In Mid-February
The 2020 census numbers won’t be ready until February 9th at the earliest. Tuesday on Voices of Montana Jeff Essmann was guest. A former legislator and now one of five members of the Montana Districting and Apportionment Committee says those numbers will have an impact on every Montanan. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploa...
Montana Climate Solutions Council Member Amy Cilimburg On Need For Legislators To Get On The Bus
Members of the Montana Climate Solutions Council are urging lawmakers and businesses to adopt policies to ease hotter temperatures and loss of snowpack attributed to climate change. Amy Cilimburg with Climate Smart Missoula who served on the council says Montana also needs to take action quickly to ease the state’s hotter temperatures an...
Superintendent Of Public Instruction To Submit Request To Waive Montana’s Federally Mandated State Standardized Tests
Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen will submit a request to the U.S. Department of Education to waive Montana’s federally mandated state standardized tests. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Untitled-13.mp3
15 Montana Communities To Share $511,000 In Federal Grant Community Development Block Grant Program Funds
15 Montana communities will share $511,000 in federal grant funding through the Community Development Block Grant Program. From the Montana Department of Commerce Sam Offerdahl. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Untitled-3-1.mp3
In The Just Convened Montana Legislative Session Conservation Groups Vow To Hold The Line Against Environmental Rollbacks
Jake Brown political director with Montana Conservation Voters says they’re used to working with Republican-led legislatures and will now with a Republican governor for the first time in 16 years. Brown says conservation groups plan to hold the line against any environmental rollbacks. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/...