HELENA, Montana, May 13 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on May 11, 2021: Governor Greg Gianforte today signed into law the ConnectMT Act, providing $275 million in federal funds to expand access to reliable broadband across Montana. "Too many of our communities, particularly in rural and frontier Montana, don't have access to reliable broadband," Gov. Gianforte said in Hamilton. "Greater access to broadband will increase opportunities for Montanans, whether more PR

HELENA, Montana, May 13 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on May 11, 2021: Governor Greg Gianforte today signed two pro-jobs, pro-growth bills into law, the Entrepreneur Magnet Act and Corporate Tax Modernization Act. "We're focused on reforming our tax code to make Montana more friendly to job creators so they can create more good-paying Montana jobs," Gov. Gianforte said. "By attracting entrepreneurs to our state and keeping existing ones in Montana, they'l more PR

HELENA, Montana, May 14 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on May 13, 2021: Governor Greg Gianforte today appointed Mike Foster, the director of the Montana Department of Agriculture, to lead the state's program responsible for allocating federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). "A proven, trusted leader, Mike will direct the state's ARPA program to meet our immediate and long-term needs," Gov. Gianforte said. "Mike will ensure we spend these  more PR

HELENA, Montana, May 7 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Gianforte visited Missoula College today to tout the state's growing cybersecurity workforce through the college's National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Two-Year Education. (CAE2Y) "Missoula College is nationally recognized for its cybersecurity program that is training Montana's future cybersecurity leaders," Gov. Gianforte said. "We're focused on developing a talented  more PR

HELENA, Montana, May 7 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Gianforte today announced that Montana and Alberta have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to provide vaccines to Albertan truck drivers in Montana. "The pandemic has had devastating consequences, including a severe impact on our economies," Governor Gianforte said. "By working together and taking this critical action, we keep our trade channels open between Montana and Alberta." He co more PR

HELENA, Montana, May 13 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release on May 12, 2021: Now that Republican politicians in Washington, D.C. have fired conservative Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney from her leadership position over her refusal to perpetuate lies about the outcome of the 2020 elections, Montanans deserve to know: How would Ryan Zinke have voted and why? "Ryan Zinke must go on the record about the January 6 attacks and the lies about the election that led to th more PR

HELENA, Montana, May 12 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Governor Greg Gianforte has vetoed a bill that would find solutions to the state's childcare challenges. The bill passed out of committee with bipartisan support and would have been funded with private money. "If this is Governor's Gianforte's way of celebrating Mother's Day then he's a day late and a dollar short," said Sandi Luckey, Montana Democratic Party Executive Director. "Harding working Montana more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, May 15 (TNSOps) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Students from Montana State University participated in the Model United Nations of the Far West competition recently, with multiple students earning special recognition. In all, 17 MSU students represented three countries at the MUNFW, according to Eric Raile, faculty adviser and associate professor in the Department of Political Science in the College of Letters and Science. MSU students represen more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, May 14 (TNSRes) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: As trees bloom across Montana, many backyard apple and pear growers wonder when they should spray their trees to avoid having worms in their fruit when harvest comes. Montana State University specialists with MSU Extension and the College of Agriculture work to answer that question annually, based on temperature and pest emergence. The worm most frequently found in fruit like apples or pears is the more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, May 13 (TNSOps) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: A Montana State University mathematics professor will spend five months next year working on his research at one of the world's leading centers for collaborative mathematics. Lukas Geyer, a professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences in the College of Letters and Science, will spend the 2022 spring semester at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley, California. The center more PR

KALISPELL, Montana, May 7 (TNSEve) -- Flathead Valley Community College issued the following news release: After growing up in the tight-knit community of Plains, Montana, Kara Altmiller knew she wanted to attend a college that had a low student-to-teacher ratio and that was close to her beloved hometown. Two years after packing her bags for Kalispell, Altmiller finds herself writing a commencement address about her time at Flathead Valley Community College. It's an address that seeks to insp more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, May 15 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: Two University of Montana graduate student alumna will head abroad on Fulbright Scholarships this fall to connect with local communities and glean knowledge not only relevant to their research, but deeply personal as well. Beatrice Garrard, who graduated from UM this spring, will conduct research on Jewish migration in Lithuania for a historical novel she is writing. Aubrey Pongluelert, a 2020 gr more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, May 13 -- The University of Montana issued the following news release on May 12, 2021: Only an anthropologist would treasure millennia-old human feces found in dry caves. Just ask Dr. Meradeth Snow, a University of Montana researcher and co-chair of UM's Department of Anthropology. She is part of an international team, led by the Harvard Medical School-affiliated Joslin Diabetes Center, that used human "paleofeces" to discover that ancient people had far different microorgan more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, May 13 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: The University of Montana spectrUM Discovery Area and SciNation, its advisory group on the Flathead Reservation, have received the 2021 Impact Innovation Award from Advancing Research Impact in Society. ARIS is a center funded by the National Science Foundation. SpectrUM Director Jessie Herbert-Meny and members of SciNation accepted the award at a virtual ceremony on Tuesday, May 11. The ARIS Aw more PR