U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer denied a request Monday from a group that includes a newly hired oncologist at St. Peter’s Health to block the vaccine mandate being implemented by her previous employer pending an appeal to a lower court. The justice denied the application for injunctive relief against Mass General Brigham Inc., a Mas...
Montana Democratic Party Condemns Attorney General’s Involvement In Hospital Incident
Montana House Minority Leader Kim Abbott and Senate Minority Leader Jill Cohenour responded to a report Tuesday published by the Legislature’s special counsel regarding Attorney General Austin Knudsen’s involvement in a patient’s treatment at St. Peter’s Hospital in Helena. Abbott called the incident an example of public officials using their ...
Council Requesting Attorney General To Submit Information Regarding St. Peter’s Health Incident
The Legislature’s special counsel sent the Montana Attorney General’s Office an initial request Thursday to turn over information by November 5th related to the office’s dispute with St. Peter’s Health in Helena. Earlier this month, the hospital said its doctors were harassed and threatened by three public officials aft...
Deputy Attorney General’s Involvement Confirmed In St. Peter’s Health Incident
Attorney General Austin Knudsen has confirmed Chief Deputy Attorney General Kristen Hansen was one of the public officials involved in an incident involving St. Peter’s Health in Helena earlier this month. Last week, the hospital issued a statement saying several of their providers and care team members were harassed and threatened by th...
AG Investigation Gets Approved By Montana Legislature
Republican leaders in the Legislature have approved a Democratic request for an investigation into the Montana Department of Justice’s involvement in a complaint made by the family of a COVID-19 patient at St. Peter’s Health in Helena. The family claims three public officials threatened to use their positions to force doctors and n...
Montana Democrats Call For Investigation For Attorney General
In a letter to legislative leadership Thursday, Montana Democrats requested the use of a newly created special counsel to investigate the Attorney General’s Office. They cited questions of impropriety and abuse of power surrounding a decision to dispatch a Montana Highway Patrol trooper to St. Peter’s hospital in Helena last week. ...
Hospitals Across Montana To Receive National Guard Assistance
Governor Greg Gianforte will be sending more Montana National Guardsmen to hospitals across the state to support their COVID-19 response. Northern News Network’s Eric Young has details. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9-22_637.mp3
Helena Hospital Now In “Crisis Standards Of Care”
Critical care resources are at maximum capacity at St. Peter’s Health Hospital in Helena amid a surge in COVID-19 patients. Northern News Network’s Eric Young has more. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/9-17_832.mp3