Vaccine

Lawsuit Challenges State Law Banning Vaccine Mandates

Netzer Law Office and Donald Netzer are asking the state Supreme Court to step in to block a law prohibiting employers from mandating vaccines in the workplace. In February, District Court Judge Olivia Regier ruled against the Sidney law firm’s request for a preliminary injunction against Montana’s new law. Last year, it was signed into ...

Gov. Gianforte Calls To Reinstate Vaccine Exemption For Truckers

Governor Greg Gianforte has joined Alberta and Saskatchewan officials in calling on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden to reinstate the COVID-19 vaccine exemption             for truckers. Their termination for essential service in January by both governments touched                    off an 18-day trucker pro...

Protesters Agree To Open Traffic Through Canadian Border

Negotiations at the Courts border blockade have resulted in protesters opening up lanes of traffic after a days-long standoff resulted n a total freeze of movement across the U-S Canadian border near Sweet Grass over vaccine mandates for truckers. Billings based Whitewood Transportation Trucking company’s Michael Wilson says the protest made i...

Sweet Grass Holds Protest Against Vaccine Mandate

Saturday, a group of Canadian and American citizens rallied at northern border crossings including the one in Sweet Grass to protest vaccine mandates recently enacted by the U.S. and Canadian governments. Maureen Steele, personal assistant to human rights lawyer Leigh Dundas whose Freedom Fighter Nation organized the rallies, said the rallies ...

Rally In Sweet Grass Set To Protest Border Vaccine Mandate

A number of rallies are scheduled to take place Saturday at noon along the U.S.-Canadian border to protest vaccine mandates for those crossing the border including the port of entry at Sweet Grass. Michael Wilson owner and CEO of Whitewood Transport out of Billings recently detailed the impact that will have on the trucking industry.

AG Knudsen Weighs In On Upcoming Supreme Court Hearing On Vaccine Mandates

It’s been announced the U.S. Supreme Court will hear legal challenges in the new year to the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen has joined other attorneys general in blocking them and recently on Voices of Montana shared what he thinks the justices should ultimately consider. https://nort...

50% Of Montana’s Population Vaccinated One Year Later

It was one year ago today when COVID-19 vaccinations arrived in Montana. Since then at least 1,276,145 doses have been administered in the state. Vaccinations were phased in through the year for different age groups now including those as young as five years old. The Food and Drug administration also recently approved boosters for those 16 and...

Senator Tester Votes Against Federal Vaccine Mandate

A bipartisan majority of the U.S. Senate voted yesterday to oppose the OSHA (Occupational Health and Safety Administration) emergency temporary standard mandating coronavirus vaccines for private businesses with more than 100 employees. Montana Senator Jon Tester was one two Democratic votes to oppose the mandate and recently explained what le...