An inspection of the Montana State Hospital conducted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services earlier this month identified four patient deaths attributable to its noncompliance with federal rules. The facility has until March to correct the deficiencies uncovered in the three day inspection or the facility will lose its federal fund...
Sen. Tester Details Inflation Impact On Agriculture
The inflation rate is the highest it’s been in forty years and the recent sanctions against Russia are likely to keep them rising. Senator and farmer Jon Tester recently detailed the short-term and long-term impacts of inflation on Montana producers.
$1 Billion Secured For Montana Indian Water Rights Settlements
$1,369,585,000 of infrastructure law funds over two years will to help complete Indian Water Rights Settlements in Montana. They are the Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act for the Blackfeet Tribe the Montana Water Rights Protection act for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act for the Cro...
Questions Remain For Charging Recreational Marijuana Users With DUIs
A DUI is readily understood to be issued for driving under the influence of alcohol, but what about marijuana? Now that it’s legal in Montana for recreational use, Attorney General Austin Knudsen recently on Voices of Montana said this about that.
Helena Clinician Highlights Larger Impact of Pandemic On Children Than Adults
Sometimes it feels we’re living in a different world but that is exactly what our school children are doing living in their world so no wonder they are confused by the pandemic. So said Daniel Champer a clinical director at Intermountain Children’s Home in Helena.
February 23: Stories from Sand Coulee & Cooke City
Sand Coulee Volunteer Fire DepartmentPhoto Credit:@GovernorGregGianforte SAND COULEE: Governor Greg Gianforte presented his Spirit of Montana award to the volunteers of the Sand Coulee Fire Department Tuesday evening for their response to the Gibson Flats Fire last December. He also joined them for dinner Tuesday evening at the American Bar...
Three New England Men Charged For Poaching Case
Three men from southern New England have been fined after a poaching investigation in Montana. Details from our Capitol City Correspondent Troy Shockley.
Federal Land Drilling Remains In Question
The Biden administration is delaying decisions on new oil and gas drilling on federal land and other energy-related actions after a federal court blocked the way officials were calculating the real-world costs of climate change. Among the immediate effects is an indefinite delay in planned oil and gas lease sales on public lands in a half-doze...
Senator Tester Highlights Partisan Conflict With Federal Reserve
A boycott from Republican members of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee last week delayed the vote for President Joe Biden’s nominees to the Federal Reserve. The boycott was due to question over the nominees’ past affiliations but committee member Jon Tester argued the Federal Reserve’s operation can’t afford to get political.
Over $1 Billion Infrastructure Funds To Address Tribal Water Rights
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced Tuesday the Biden administration will use $1.7 billion from the infrastructure bill to fund 16 tribal water rights settlements. They include the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes along with the Blackfeet and Crow Nation. The money will ensure that tribes get access to water they’ve been...