The Montana Free Press reports the blockade of the U.S. – Canada border north of Shelby appears to have ended 18 days after truckers protesting vaccine mandates blocked the highway with their vehicles. The occupation at the Coutts, Alberta – Sweet Grass, Montana border ended after more than a dozen people were arrested ...
Montana Education Tax Credit Maxes Out In 5 Minutes
One of the most controversial new tax credits to come out of last year’s state Legislature was for education donation and it is already seeing results. Northern News Network’s Eric Young reports. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1-06_832.mp3
Montana Schools Beginning To See Food Shortages
Some kitchens in school lunchrooms across Montana have experienced challenges sourcing many food products and even plates and utensils. The Montana Free Press reports those shortages are occurring among major food distributors such as Sysco and US Foods which supply restaurants and hospitals in addition to schools. It’s leaving school food ser...
Montana Epidemiologists Disagree Over Emergency Mask Ruling
Montana’s state health department released a letter Thursday signed by 18 of its own epidemiologists raising sharp concerns over an emergency rule issued by the department over mask use in schools as classes started this fall. The letter raises concern about claims in the emergency rule it calls misleading and false. The Montana Free Pre...
School Bus Drivers Currently Needed Across Montana
School districts and bus companies across Montana are scrambling to fill vacant school bus driver positions despite offering perks paid training and higher wages. The Montana Free Press reports in some districts the bus driver shortage has resulted in earlier student drop-offs later pickups fuller buses and canceled sporting events but transpo...
School Districts Submit Spending Plans For Federal Relief Funding
A recent string of developments and deadlines have begun to offer a clearer picture of how Montana’s public school system will make use of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief funding for K-12 education. Alex Sarkissian with the Montana Free Press reports that last Tuesday marked the submission deadline for school distric...
Colstrip Bill Gets Taken To State Courts
A new law approved by Governor Greg Gianforte Monday was met by a lawsuit Tuesday with a majority of the owners of the Colstrip Power Plant calling it unconstitutional. It forces disputes among the power plant’s six owners to be settled through Montana courts instead of Washington as currently spelled out by the Colstrip Ownership and Operatio...