Candidate filing for the 2022 election closes this afternoon at 5:00. As of Friday afternoon, at the close of business, 283 candidates had filed for statewide state district or the state legislature. Last week, 32 new candidate filings were submitted to the Montana Secretary of State’s Office. Local candidates file with their county̵...
State Officials Recognize Local Businesses At Made In Montana Tradeshow
The annual Made in Montana Trade Show was considered a big success last week in Helena. Montana Department of Agriculture Director Christy Clark said she certainly thought so when she visited Voices of Montana which covered the event live.
USDA Rural Director Provides Update On State ARPA Projects
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the American Rescue Plan Act getting signed into law and communities across Montana are beginning to make improvements through the billions of federal dollars approved. Montana’s USDA Rural Development Director Kathleen Williams recently provided an update on how they’re allocating funds.
Lawyer In PSC Lawsuit Argues Former PSC Map Not Representative To Montana Population
A panel of federal judges has found Montana’s map of Public Service Commission districts unconstitutional. The population between the most and least populated districts is more than 50,000. Constance Van Kley is with Montana-base Upper Seven Law which represented plaintiffs in the suit. She says Montanans vote for PSC members and so the state ...
Clearwater Wind Project Nearing Completion
According to NextEra Energy, its Clearwater Wind project should be finished by the end of this year. The largest wind project in Montana will affect Garfield, Custer and Rosebud counties and include 132 wind turbines and eventually provide 750 megawatts of energy. About 60 are already built and can be seen when driving between Miles City and J...
Senator Daines Defends No-Vote On Omnibus Spending Bill
An omnibus spending bill to fund the federal government must pass by midnight tonight by the U.S. Senate to keep the federal government from shutting down. Senator Steve Daines issued the following statement after voting against the spending package Thursday.
Montana Sees Increase In Health Care Enrollment Following ARPA Passage
The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act passed by the 117th United States Congress was signed into law March 11th 2021. 51,000 Montanans are now seeing reduced health care costs after health care coverage increased by 14% because of ARPA. This year’s open enrollment plans saw a 21% increase from 2021’s open ...
Tester Blasts Senate Minority For Delaying Military Funding & Ukraine Aid
A $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill to fund the federal government must pass by midnight tonight to keep the federal government from shutting down. Thursday the U.S. Senate erupted into a shouting match over how to pass funding for Ukraine as a few Republicans, including Montana Senator Steve Daines, attempted to carve out $13.5 billion of a...
Daines Pushing Senate For Expanded Energy Portfolio
According to AAA, the average price of gasoline is now $4.33. In a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources hearing this week Senator Steve Daines stressed the importance of supporting an all of the above American energy portfolio to lower energy costs and argued current environmental standards are the most stringent of any country.
Value-Added Ag Investments Announced By State
Governor Greg Gianforte and the Agriculture Development Council announced a total of 24 agricultural business recipients of the state’s $907,504 investment value-added agriculture projects Thursday. The funds to advance the Treasure State’s agriculture economy comes through the Montana Department of Agriculture’s Growth Through Agricultu...