Some states have gone from donating surplus rapid covid-19 tests to states with shortages to hoarding them lately as demand driven by the spike in cases strains supplies. Kaiser Health News reports last January, North Dakota donated 1 million to Montana and Pennsylvania. This January, Montana held on to expired tests in hopes the federal gover...
Former Budget Director Details Adjustments To Current State Budget
According to former state Budget Director Kurt Alme Montana’s current budget is just fine. He said so recently on Voices of Montana.
Lewis & Clark County Now Using Automated COVID Tracing
Lewis and Clark Public Health is going to automated contact tracing starting today. Details from Troy Shockley our Capitol City Correspondent.
Former State Governor Voices Concerns About Current State of U.S. Government
Marc Racicot served as Montana’s 21st Governor. Friday he was on Voices of Montana. He said there are serious warning signs that the U. S. Constitution and republic are at risk.
Wolf Trapping Closed In Southwest Montana
The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission has voted to stop wolf hunting and trapping in southwest Montana when 82 wolves are killed five more than had been taken by hunter or trappers by Friday. The area was previously managed under low quotas to limit taking of wolves important for the park’s tourism industry. National Park Service officials ...
Montana Epidemiologist Warns That Relaxed COVID Approach Is Leading To More Infections
The omicron variant of COVID-19 has led to the greatest spike of the virus in Montana since the start of the pandemic but some people are taking a relaxed attitude toward taking precautions. Billings Clinic epidemiologist Doctor Neil Ku says this is not the time because that attitude has potentially harmful consequences for some.
Montanans Pushing For Beef Labeling Act To Pass
Farmers and ranchers are calling for Congress to pass the American Beef Labeling Act so consumers always know where their meat is born and raised which was included in a requirement from 2011 to 2015 until the law was repealed. Opponents of country-of-origin labeling for beef include the World Trade Organization which says it is a trade barrie...
Disabled Montanans Struggle To Find Housing For Service Animals
Accommodations for service and assistance animals in housing is a thorny and common issue in Montana and there are a number of ins and outs for what is acceptable under the law for people with disabilities. Pam Bean executive director of Montana Fair Housing gives an example of someone who needs an assistance animal for a year but is living in...
New Study Finds Most Tax-Friendly Montana Cities For Retirees
To help pre-and post-retirees with benchmark data, financial information website SmartAsset found the most tax-friendly cities for retirees in Montana. Northern News Network’s Eric Young.
Montana Economist Projects Future Economy
Dr. Patrick Barkey was on Voices of Montana Thursday. The Director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Montana gave a prognostication about Montana’s economic future now that we’re in year three of the pandemic.