BOZEMAN, Montana, Nov. 20 (TNSEve) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Montana State University will host "Impacts of Nonprofits in our Community" for a Friday Forum on Dec. 10. The panel event will take place from noon to 1:30 p.m. virtually. It is free and open to the public. Bridget Wilkinson, executive director of the One Valley Community Foundation, and Liz Moore, executive director of the Montana Nonprofit Association, w more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Nov. 20 (TNSEve) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Montana State University will host former astronaut Mae Jemison for a lecture on Feb. 1, 2022. "An Evening with Mae Jemison: First African American Woman in Space" will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Strand Union Building ballrooms on MSU's campus. The event is open to the public. Jemison served six years as a NASA astronaut and is an inductee into the National Women's Hall of Fame and Internation more PR

DENVER, Colorado, Nov. 17 -- The American Indian College Fund issued the following news: The American Indian College Fund and Pendleton Woolen Mills, the international lifestyle brand headquartered in Portland, Oregon, have selected Chelysa Owens-Cyr's "Unity" as its 2021 Tribal College Blanket Contest winner. Chelysa is a member of the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Dakota Sioux/Pasqua First Nations Cree Nations, an American Indian College Fund scholar, and a student attending Fort Peck Community C more PR

AMES, Iowa, Nov. 19 (TNSRes) -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: Two of the biggest power grids on the planet are connected by seven small threads. Those seven threads (technically, they're back-to-back, high-voltage, direct-current connections) join America's Eastern and Western interconnections and have 1,320 megawatts of electric-power handling capacity. (The seam separating the grids runs, roughly, from eastern Montana, down the western borders of South Dakota, Nebr more PR

HELENA, Montana, Nov. 16 -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2021: Attorney General Austin Knudsen today urged the federal government to take further and more aggressive action to reduce illegal robocaller access to legitimate phone numbers, restricting their ability to shield their identities and exploit consumers' trust. Attorney General Knudsen and 50 other attorneys general submitted formal comment in support of the Federal Communication more PR

HELENA, Montana, Nov. 16 -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following news release: Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen is leading an 12-state lawsuit to stop the Biden administration's overreaching "job or jab" COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. The mandate threatens to further burden the health care sector and patient well-being in Montana, where a large percentage of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities are already facing worker shortages. T more PR

HELENA, Montana, Nov. 19 -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following news release on Nov. 18, 2021: Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen filed a lawsuit today to stop a dangerous Biden administration immigration policy that drastically ties the hands of immigration officers, halting nearly all deportations - even for those convicted of crimes and when federal immigration courts have already ordered their removal from the United States. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and more PR

HELENA, Montana, Nov. 18 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Nov. 17 2021: * * * In honor of Apprenticeship Week, Governor Greg Gianforte today announced a proposed rule change to dramatically expand access to apprenticeships for Montana workers. A registered apprenticeship is a paid, employer-designed, on-the-job training program that teaches specific job skills unique to the employer's profession. Statewide, over 2,600 apprentices have been active in 85 d more PR

HELENA, Montana, Nov. 17 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following statement on Nov. 16, 2021: * * * Governor Greg Gianforte today issued the following statement regarding COVID-19 vaccination mandates by employers in Montana: "Despite President Biden's efforts to mandate vaccinations for employers and their employees, Montana law remains the law of the land, and no employer in our state should use President Biden's OSHA rule, now halted by a federal court, as a basis for imposi more PR

HELENA, Montana, Nov. 20 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2021: Governor Greg Gianforte today announced the number of employed Montanans hit an all-time high in October as Montana's unemployment rate fell to 3.1%, a low achieved only six times over the last 45 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Total employment grew by nearly 2,400 jobs while the labor force expanded by nearly 1,200 workers. "By opening Montana for business, more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Nov. 19 (TNSAcc) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: The Montana State University Department of Native American Studies has received accreditation from the World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium, making it one of the first Indigenous programs at a mainstream institution to receive the designation. Walter Fleming, chair of the Department of Native American Studies, announced the accreditation at the opening of MSU's American Indian Hall more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Nov. 19 (TNSEco) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Construction at a rural school in the central part of the state is giving Montana State University researchers an opportunity to help pioneer a new kind of geothermal heating and cooling system that could lower the cost of the technology. As part of a major addition to the K-12 school in Winifred that serves about 130 students, a team of MSU engineering faculty and students have guided the develop more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Nov. 17 (TNSGra) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: The Montana Water Center has awarded more than $60,000 in grants to faculty and graduate students from Montana State University, the University of Montana and Montana Tech to research important questions about Montana's waters. Located at MSU, the Montana Water Center is one of 54 federally funded water research institutes in the United States. The center investigates and resolves water problems b more PR

HELENA, Montana, Nov. 19 -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following news release: The Biden administration reversed course, suspending its implementation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private employers after previously telling businesses they should proceed despite a court-ordered pause. A federal court order instructed OSHA to "take no steps to implement or enforce" its Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) until the more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, Nov. 18 -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: The University of Montana has launched a major new scholarship to help Montana students pay for college. The Payne Family Impact Scholarship, established with a significant $7.5 million gift from longtime UM supporters Terry and Patt Payne, will be awarded to hundreds of Montana high school students who choose to attend UM beginning in fall 2022. "When it comes to paying for school, too often Montana fa more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, Nov. 16 (TNSMon) -- The University of Montana issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2021: In the heart of the Payne Family Native American Center on the University of Montana campus, UM President Seth Bodnar announced Monday that he directed $300,000 from a recent gift to establish an endowment to support UM's Kyiyo Pow Wow student group. The new endowment is named for the late Chief Earl Old Person, one of the country's most decorated and respected Native leaders wh more PR

HELENA, Montana, Nov. 18 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Nov. 17 2021: * * * Industry leaders across Montana are praising Governor Greg Gianforte's proposed rule change to cut red tape and expand access to apprenticeship opportunities for hardworking Montanans. The rule change would revise the required ratio for apprenticeships to allow one journeyman to supervise two apprentices, drastically increasing an employer's ability to offer apprenticeships. Cu more PR