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/uplo...
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/...
After Spending Nearly Thirty Years With The US Marshalls Service Montana’s US Marshall Rod Ostermiller Has Retired
After spending nearly 30 years with the US Marshalls Service Montana’s US Marshall Rod Ostermiller has retired. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Untitled-11.mp3
Montana Conservation Voters To Defend Their Priorities In 2021 Legislative Session As It Convenes Today
As the legislative session convenes conservation groups plan to defend their priorities. Jake Brown political director with Montana Conservation Voters says their top priority is the Habitat for Montana program used to protect public lands. Brown says the voter-passed marijuana legalization bill lays it out for programs including Habitat Monta...
This Morning At Nine Montana Will Have A New Governor As Current Governor Steve Bullock Has Been Termed Out
At 9 o’clock this morning Montana will have a new governor as current Governor Steve Bullock has been termed out of office. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Untitled-12.mp3
R-CALF Wants Meaningful Reform From Congress And Not Just Bail-Out Money In The New Year Of 2021
Cattle producers were hurting before the global pandemic hit markets of all kinds and now R-CALF wants the federal government to use this crisis as an opportunity to improve producers’ financial situations for the long term. The independent cattle producers’ C-E-O Bill Bullard says the group has seen depressed prices for years and ...
Billings Mayor Bill Cole Not Expecting Much When The New Montana Legislative Session Begins In 2021
What to expect when the legislature convenes in Helena January 4th? Billings Mayor Bill Cole isn’t expecting much. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Untitled.mp3