The $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill is now law and it is expected that $2.82 billion will come to Montana. The question now is who will be handling all this money and when. Senator Jon Tester has the answers. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/11-17_737.mp3
Billings Hospitals To Follow Federal Vaccine Mandate
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently issued its final interim rule requiring most Medicare and Medicaid providers’ staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and despite some public outcry across Montana Billings’ providers are ready to comply. Northern News Network’s Eric Young reports. https://northernbroadcasting.com/w...
Heating Bills Projected To Significantly Increase This Winter
According to the Montana Public Service Commission rising natural gas prices could boost heating bills by as much as 62% this winter. The announcement comes after the federal Energy Information Administration forecast higher winter heating prices for every region of the country. The winter heating period began October 1st and ends March 31st. ...
Senatotr Daines Meets With India Trade Officials
Last week Senator Steve Daines visited India to help trade talks and in October the state officially opened the Montana Asia Trade Office in Taipei Taiwan. Montana World Trade Center Executive Director Brigita Miranda Freer thinks they are important and said so recently on Voices of Montana. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/...
Montana Schools Receive Over $45 Million From DNRC
At Monday’s Land Board meeting Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen accepted $47.7 million from the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation on behalf of public schools. This year’s check is an increase of $6 million from last year and works out to about $327 per student in the state’s public schools. https://nort...
State Vaccination Numbers Now Include Children Aged 5-11
The state COVID-19 vaccine dashboard has been updated to reflect the addition of the newly added 5 to 11-year-old age group now eligible to be vaccinated. As a result the eligible population of Montanans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 has been updated to 50%. In addition the county percentages on the map have been adjusted. The total number...
Senator Tester Shares Expectations For Reconciliation Bill
With the $1 trillion plus infrastructure package signed into law the focus in Congress now moves to the nearly $2 trillion reconciliation bill on social spending that is still being negotiated. Senator Jon Tester recently commented on what he hopes will ultimately come out of this bill if it too becomes law of the land. https://northernbroadca...
Legislative Committee Begins Child Mental Health Service Study
Several of the state’s largest providers told members of the Children Families Health and Human Services Interim Committee Monday that Montana children are being sent out of state for mental health services due in part to the state’s low rate of reimbursement. Monday’s panel was the beginning of the interim committee’s study of the state’s chi...
Senator Tester Lauds Infrastructure Bill Becoming Law
Today President Joe Biden signed the trillion-dollar bipartisan infrastructure bill into law which will see billions of federal dollars come to Montana for its transportation systems, water systems and broadband and more. Senator Jon Tester was one of ten Senators who negotiated its terms and had this to say about its passing. https://northern...
Montana Farm Bureau Begins Preparation For Next Farm Bill
With time ticking the Montana Farm Bureau isn’t wasting any of it. During the 102nd annual convention and trade show in Billings last week Senior Director of Government Affairs Nicole Rolf told Voices of Montana listeners what’s happening right now. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/11-15_1137.mp3