SACRAMENTO, California, June 29 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on June 28, 2021: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced that California will restrict state-funded travel to Arkansas, Florida, Montana, North Dakota, and West Virginia as a result of new anti-LGBTQ+ legislation recently enacted in each state. The states are a part of a recent, dangerous wave of discriminatory new bills signed into law in states across the country that dire more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, July 2 (TNSAwa) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Five high-achieving Montana State University students have received Cameron Presidential Scholarships. The award extends the MSU Presidential Scholarship program to current students in the Honors College. Recipients were selected for scholastic achievement, demonstrated leadership and exemplary public service, according to Ilse-Mari Lee, dean of the college. "It is an honor to present these awards more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, July 2 (TNSPro) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Gallatin College Montana State University is offering a job-preparedness training program for those interested in a career in the high-demand field of construction. The Job Site Ready Construction Training Program is available as noncredit workforce training, pre-apprenticeship hours or a Montana University System credit option. The program is designed to equip participants in a short amount of tim more PR

BOISE, Idaho, July 1 -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on June 30, 2021: Governor Brad Little and Montana Governor Greg Gianforte were left out of a meeting President Joe Biden hosted today with just eight governors - mostly Democrats - regarding wildfire. Despite facing severe wildfire seasons, Idaho and Montana are two western states President Biden did not invite to participate in the meeting. The Biden administration invited eight governors, six Democrats and  more PR

HELENA, Montana, July 2 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: With every region of Montana facing severe to extreme drought conditions, Governor Greg Gianforte today called on U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to identify all counties in Montana as primary natural disaster areas. "As we continue to see record-breaking temperatures from Libby to Glendive, it is imperative that the U.S. Department of Agriculture aid Montana communities in accessing critica more PR

HELENA, Montana, July 2 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on July 1, 2021: Governor Greg Gianforte today issued an executive order declaring a statewide drought emergency in Montana. "Every region of the state faces severe to extreme drought conditions, and the situation is getting worse. These alarming drought conditions are devastating our ag producers, challenging our tourism industry, and could bring a severe wildfire season," Gov. Gianforte said. "This e more PR

HELENA, Montana, June 30 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on June 29, 2021: Governor Greg Gianforte today announced that the state will devote ARPA funds to increase access to quality child care services for Montana families, protect Montana seniors, and provide home energy and home water assistance to low-income Montanans. The governor is dedicating more than $38 million in ARPA funds to increase access to child care for Montana parents and to stabilize the more PR

HELENA, Montana, July 2 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on June 30, 2021: Governor Greg Gianforte today ended the state of emergency in Montana he declared in January 2021 to address the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. "Months ago, the light at the end of the tunnel was distant and dim. As we've worked together to overcome this pandemic, the light has grown bigger and brighter. Today, we are out of the tunnel, and we are surrounded in light. Today, the cond more PR

HELENA, Montana, July 2 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on June 30, 2021: Governor Greg Gianforte today released the Montana Drought Forecast Report for Summer 2021. According to data in the report, the U.S. Drought Monitor indicates approximately 91 percent of Montana faces abnormally dry to extreme drought conditions as of June 22. Approximately 14 percent of the state is in D3 classification (extreme drought), 34 percent in D2 (severe drought), 21 percen more PR

HELENA, Montana, July 2 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on July 1, 2021: Governor Greg Gianforte today urged the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to provide Montanans with sufficient opportunity for in-person, public comment on the BLM's Environmental Assessment of the American Prairie Reserve's bison grazing proposal. Despite the impact of the BLM's proposal on Montanans, the BLM announced it would hold one, remotely conducted public hearing on the proposal more PR

HELENA, Montana, July 2 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Governors Greg Gianforte of Montana and Brad Little of Idaho this morning urged President Biden to commit to an "active, responsive" partnership with states in wildfire response, wildfire preparedness, and active forest management. Govs. Gianforte and Little sent their message to the president ahead of his meeting with some western governors to discuss the federal government's response to wildfires. D more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, July 3 (TNSOps) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: A Montana State University economist appeared on CBS's "Sunday Morning" program last weekend to discuss the nationwide agricultural labor shortage and the role of immigrant workers in the economy. Diane Charlton, an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics in MSU's College of Agriculture and College of Letters and Science, studies the economics of agricultural p more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, June 29 (TNSGra) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: By Reagan Colyer, MSU News Service The U.S. Department of Energy announced this week more than $22 million in funding focused on energy research, $3.4 million of which will fund continuing research at Montana State University into microorganisms that display the ability to extract important and useful metals from pyrite, an abundant mineral in the Earth's crust. Associate professor Eric Boyd and  more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, July 2 (TNSJou) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: By Reagan Colyer, MSU News Service An interdisciplinary team of scientists from Montana State University's College of Agriculture and College of Letters and Science recently published research casting new light on a previously unknown element of the carbon cycle, thanks to data collected from Yellowstone National Park over more than a decade. Tim McDermott, a professor in MSU's Department of Land  more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, July 2 (TNSRes) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: A Montana State University researcher studying the relationship between ecosystems and large-scale wildfires co-wrote an article in The Conversation this week urging people to forego fireworks for their Independence Day festivities. "Over 100 fire scientists urge the US West: Skip the fireworks this record-dry 4th of July" was published Wednesday by The Conversation, a nonprofit news organization d more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, July 2 (TNSJou) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Gravitational researchers at Montana State University, working as part of an international collaboration, confirmed this week the first-ever detection of a collision between a black hole and a neutron star. When some stars die, they collapse and their matter condenses. Some become neutron stars so dense that one teaspoon of their matter would weigh a billion tons on Earth. More massive dying stars  more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, June 29 (TNSPro) -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: * * * Power saws whirred, drills buzzed and 2-by-4-inch lumber clattered together recently as the first class of students in Missoula College's new Job Site Ready construction program gained the skills they need to start entry-level jobs in construction. The program is one of the ways Missoula College is working with industry partners to help meet workforce needs and recruit younger generations more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 1 (TNSMon) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Montana State University and Oregon State University will collectively receive $3 million per year for five years from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service for the establishment of a Western Rangeland Livestock Center. Together with partners in Montana and Oregon, Neb more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 2 (TNSMon) -- The University of Nebraska Lincoln campus issued the following news release: The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Montana State University and Oregon State University will collectively receive $3 million per year for five years from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service for the establishment of a Western Rangeland Livestock Center. Together with partners in Montana and Oregon, Neb more PR