The federal government is updating its definition of metropolitan areas doubling the minimum number of residents required in a city’s urban core to 100,000 people. Bozeman does not meet the criteria. This week, at a Senate hearing, Senator Steve Daines spoke with Bozeman Mayor Cyndy Andrus about the importance of keeping things as they are so ...
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
Senator Daines Urges Treasury Department To Increase Efforts In Stopping Cyber Attacks
During a Senate hearing Wednesday Senator Steve Daines mentioned the rising threat of ransomware attacks on American industries and the threat it could pose to the banking system saying it needs immediate attention and suggested less focus should be put on another rising threat he believes is down the road. https://northernbroadcasting.com/wp-...
Piano Pat Honored By Senator Daines
Patricia Sponheim, better known as Piano Pat, entertained crowds at the Sip ’n Dip tiki bar in downtown Great Falls for more than 50 years until she passed away May 4th at age 86. Thursday, Senator Steve Daines presented her daughter Danelle and Sandy the owner of the Sip ’n Dip with a tribute in the congressional record honoring her life. htt...
Supreme Court Rejects Challenges To Campus Bills
The Montana Supreme Court has dismissed two petitions seeking the court’s stay on a new law allowing concealed carry-on college campuses that goes into effect Tuesday saying they failed to establish an emergency that could not be first handled in District Court. On May 20th the Montana Board of Regents asked the court to put the brakes o...
Senator Daines Brings Attention To Lumber Prices
The Montana Board of Regents asked the state Supreme Court to block a new law Thursday that would allow people to carry guns on public university campuses while the justices decide who has the constitutional authority to set such policies. Wednesday the regents voted to challenge the parts of House Bill 102 that would allow students and staff ...
Superintendent Arntzen Advocating Optional Mask Mandates For Public Schools
Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen says school districts should develop policies that make wearing face masks optional, according to a Cowles Media report. The state’s public university system is no longer requiring masks to be worn on campuses, but universities are still being asked to consult with local health officials...
Montana State Fund Announce New Dividend For Policy Holders
Montana State Fund’s 22,000 policy holders will receive a 10% rate reduction and a $20 million dividend. Wednesday, Montana’s largest workers’ compensation provider said the dividends are a direct result of better-than-expected investment performance and positive workplace safety results. Senator Steve Daines led a hearing We...
Senator Daines Comments On Recent Back-To-Work Initiative
Legislation recently signed into law allows any Montana voter to bring a petition placing a minor party on the ballot. It also sets out deadlines for petitions that seek to place a third party on the ballot for statewide elections. The law also requires opponents of a minority party petition drive must disclose spending on the effort similar t...
Senator Daines Responds To Biden Address
A Hamilton woman who shot and killed her husband following an alleged abusive relationship was sentenced to a suspended 20-year commitment to the Montana Department of Corrections. Joanne Evelyn Campbell, 61, wiped away tears as she appeared via video link during her sentencing hearing Thursday before Ravalli County District Court. Campbell wa...