There are calls across Montana for action to address its current extreme drought. Northern News Network’s Eric Young on recent actions by the treasure state’s representatives. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/7-02_737.mp3
Senator Tester On Compromising For Infrastructure Package
President Joe Biden on Sunday announced he will sign the current infrastructure proposal even without the spending plan he originally said must be included which featured many Democratic priorities. Jon Tester, one of the ten senator’s behind the initial proposal, was on CBS’s Face the Nation Sunday where he discussed what may still need to be...
Senator Tester To Stand By BLM Vote Despite Past Controversies
Montana Senator Jon Tester intends to vote for Tracy Stone-Manning from Missoula to be the director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and this week mounted a defense of her nomination to Senate Democrats at their weekly caucus lunch. Stone-Manning is taking heat from some Republicans for her brief stretch with an environmental activist gro...
MSU Receives $3 Million From U.S. Department Of Energy
The mineral pyrite more may hold the keys to a domestic-based future in renewable energy and the Department of Energy, in collaboration with Senators Jon Tester and Steve Daines, has awarded Montana State University Associate Professor Eric Boyd more than $3.3 million in funding to better extract the mineral pyrite. The next step is to use the...
Montana Rancher Applauds Recent Anti-Trust Legislation For Meat Industry
Ranchers see opportunities for reform in the wake of a cyberattack on the world’s largest meatpacking company. JBS controls nearly a quarter of beef processing in the United States and a ransomware attack on the Brazilian-based company in late May sent shockwaves through in industry. Democratic Senator Jon Tester and two of his Republican coll...
Montana Veteran Voted Unanimously To Veteran’s Affairs Under Secretary
The U.S. Senate has voted to confirm Montana Major General Matthew Quinn to be the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Affairs. Northern News Network’s Eric Young has more. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/6-18_737.mp3
Tester’s Meat Packing Investigator Act Gains Support From Ag Secretary
Tuesday, Senator Jon Tester secured support from the Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack for his bipartisan Meat Packing Special Investigator Act which will create an Office of the Special Investigator for Competition Matters in the Department of Agriculture to investigate anti-competitive actions by meat packers and secure America’s food sec...
Senator Tester Announces Bill For Monitoring Practices In Meatpacking Industry
Senator Jon Tester, along with Iowa’s Chuck Grassley and South Dakota’s Mike Rounds, have announced the Meat Packing Special Investigator Act, which addresses anticompetitive policies in the meat and poultry industries. According to Tester, this will help prevent further threats to the nation’s food supply and natural security following the re...
Senator Tester Pushes For Increased Cybersecurity After Meat Processing Hack
In response to a ransomware attack that forced one of America’s largest meat processors JBS to shutter facilities last week Senator Jon Tester is urging the Biden Administration to thoroughly investigate the incident and to beef up America’s cybersecurity infrastructure. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/6-10_737.mp3 ...
Senator Tester Visits Local Business Impacted By American Rescue Plan Act
Senator Jon Tester visited the Oddfellow Inn and Farm this week while in Helena discussing the impact of the America Rescue Plan on the community. Co-owner of the Oddfellow Paul Mabie talked about the impact federal relief aid has had on his business. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/6-04_1237.mp3