HELENA, Montana, June 25 -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: Attorney General Austin Knudsen today announced appointments to the Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force. The task force's main goals are to break down jurisdictional barriers and identify causes that contribute to missing and murdered Indigenous persons. During the 2021 legislative session, Knudsen supported Representative Sharon Stewart-Peregoy's House Bill 98 to e more PR

HELENA, Montana, June 23 -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following news release: Montana Attorney General and 15 other state attorneys general filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Maxon v. Fuller Theological Seminary case to support religious liberty and the rights of conscience for citizens and institutions of faith while upholding the of church and state, he announced today. At issue in the case is whether religious schools can admit  more PR

HELENA, Montana, June 21 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release on June 19, 2021: The Montana Democratic Party celebrates today, Saturday, June 19, 2021, as the first official national recognition of the Juneteenth holiday. The MDP honors the history of Juneteenth as a symbol of the conclusion of the Civil War and the end of slavery in the United States. It is the 11th holiday to be federally recognized, and the first to be approved by Congress since Martin Luther Kin more PR

HELENA, Montana, June 25 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: Governor Greg Gianforte today recognized Betsy Schaffer, Special Olympics Montana's 2020 Athlete of the Year, with his Spirit of Montana commendation. "To take a play out of Betsy's playbook, 'thinking positive vibes' allows Betsy to perform at her best, inspiring those around her," Gov. Gianforte said. "For being a role model for Montanans and making Great Falls and Montana a better more PR

HELENA, Montana, June 25 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: Governor Gianforte today toured Scottie Daycare Center in Glasgow where he visited with providers, parents, and children. "High-quality child care centers like Scottie Daycare serve hardworking Montana families, but for too long, we haven't had enough of them. Before the pandemic, there weren't enough providers, and waitlists were long. As a result of the pandemic, many providers wer more PR

HELENA, Montana, June 24 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Montana's unemployment rate declined again, falling to 3.6% in May, down from 4.0% in January and down from 9.1% one year ago. The unemployment rate for the U.S. was 5.8% for the month of May. "Montanans who were sidelined during the pandemic are returning to the workforce and getting back to work," Gov. Greg Gianforte said. "Our continued recovery depends on continuing these positive trends, so our  more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, June 25 (TNSJou) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: By Reagan Colyer, MSU News Service A team of scientists from Montana State University's Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology published research earlier this month evaluating the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines and seeking to learn more about how long the resulting antibody protection may last. The study, "Titers, Prevalence and Duration of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in a Local COVID-19 Outbr more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, June 24 (TNSRep) -- Montana State University issued the following news release on June 23, 2021: Temperature significantly increased and snowfall decreased in the iconic Greater Yellowstone Area since 1950 because of climate change, and these trends will likely continue through the rest of the century, according to a climate report published today. Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey, Montana State University and the University of Wyoming studied climate change in the  more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, June 25 (TNSOps) -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: Undergraduate women from across Montana are participating in the fifth annual Montana NEW Leadership Institute at the University of Montana. The non-partisan five-day residential program, taking place through June 24, seeks to educate, empower and encourage collegiate women to become politically active and to take on leadership roles. The Montana NEW Leadership Institute is part of the national  more PR

HELENA, Montana, June 22 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Constituents around Montana have turned their attention toward Representative Matt Rosendale following a series of controversial votes last week. Rosendale was one of fourteen Republicans to vote against a bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, and one of 21 to vote against awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to the Capitol Police and the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department for their work defending more PR

HELENA, Montana, June 25 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: The Montana Democratic Party held a roundtable conversation on Tuesday, meeting with local leadership and entrepreneurs to discuss current standards and regulations impacting small business owners in the state. In attendance were Democratic members of the Montana House of Representatives, Mary Ann Dunwell and Donavon Hawk, Madison County Advisory Board member Cindy Gockel, MDP Executive Director Sandi L more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, June 22 (TNSJou) -- The University of Montana issued the following news release on June 21, 2021: The map of Montana Kayla Irish pulls up is peppered with red circles, each cluster providing details behind one of today's timely topics - childhood vaccination. The project, led by Dr. Sophia Newcomer in the University of Montana's Center for Population Health Research, is the first spatial scan analysis to identify hotspots of undervaccinated children across Montana and evalua more PR