HELENA, Montana, Dec. 15 -- Montana Attorney General Tim Fox issued the following news release on Dec. 14: Attorney General Tim Fox today joined a bipartisan group of 51 attorneys general urging Congress to pass legislation to protect the safety of federal judges and their families. In a letter addressed to leaders of both the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, the attorneys general support passage of the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act or similar legislation. The bill woul more PR

HELENA, Montana, Dec. 19 -- Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Montana, issued the following news release on Dec. 18: Governor Steve Bullock today announced Montana's unemployment rate continued to decline to 4.9% in November, down from 5.0% in October. Montana's rate remains lower than the national rate of 6.7% for November. "Montana's economic recovery continues to outpace the nation, with job growth much stronger than in previous recessions," Governor Bullock said. "In order to continue strong job growt more PR

HELENA, Montana, Dec. 19 -- Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Montana, issued the following news release on Dec. 18: Governor Steve Bullock today announced that the second week round of allocations of COVID-19 vaccines will target health care workers at rural hospitals and staff and residents of long-term care facilities. Additionally, Governor Bullock announced that the state's anticipated allocation of vaccine doses through the end of the year has been reduced by the federal government by 20% from 60,000 more PR

BUTTE, Montana, Dec. 19 -- Montana Tech issued the following news release: Solvay USA Inc. has awarded their annual Solvay USA Inc. Engineering for Environmental Protection Scholarship for 2020 to Katelyn Rapp from Butte High School. Katelyn plans to pursue an Environmental Engineering degree at Montana Tech. In 2001, Rhodia Inc. began awarding the scholarship to future Montana Tech students who share their commitment to the environment and who will pursue a degree in engineering at Montana Te more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, Dec. 18 (TNSJou) -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: Over the last few decades, water scientists have noticed a rapid and consistent warming of surface temperatures. Changes beneath the water surface, however, have been subtler, but could still have significant consequences for lake ecosystems. In a study recently published in Nature's Scientific Reports, Shawn Devlin, an aquatic ecologist at the University of Montana Flathead Lake Biological Stat more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, Dec. 16 (TNSGra) -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: The University of Montana's Center for Children, Families and Workforce Development and Montana Children's Mental Health Bureau are distributing $1 million in grant funding to support innovative programming in children's services. The funding comes at a time when children and families are struggling with mental health and basic services in the midst of the pandemic, coupled with an increased dem more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, Dec. 19 -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: A University of Montana graduate student has won a $23,000 fellowship from the American Psychological Association aimed at students who are committed to improving the quality of care provided to ethnic and racial minorities who have mental and substance use disorders. Amy Violante, a second-year doctoral student in school psychology, will use her fellowship to continue her work on a community-based resea more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Dec. 15 -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: The University of Wyoming's WWAMI Medical Education Program recently provided opportunities for clinical faculty and local physician volunteers to work together to give medical students real-life work experience. The WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho) Medical Education Program offered three workshops/clinics last month in Laramie. An ultrasound workshop was presented at Ivinson Memori more PR