HELENA, Montana, Jan. 21 -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following news release: Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen is asking the state Supreme Court to vacate a district court order blocking the enforcement of three state laws that protect the health and safety of women who are considering or seeking an abortion. The lower court bungled the preliminary injunction standard, wrongly subjected each of the new laws to "strict scrutiny," and manifestly abused its discreti more PR

HELENA, Montana, Jan. 22 -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following news release: In response to the alarming increase of drug overdose deaths around the country, Attorney General Austin Knudsen and attorneys general from 15 other states are calling on the Biden administration to take a tougher stance against the influx of fentanyl that is produced on an industrial scale in Mexico from Chinese-made materials before its smuggled into the United States. In a recent letter to more PR

HELENA, Montana, Jan. 20 -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following news release on Jan. 19, 2022: Attorney General Austin Knudsen continues to press the Biden administration over its unlawful COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Attorney General Knudsen and attorneys general from 26 other states today called on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to withdraw its private employer COVID-19 vaccine mandate for good. The formal comments filed via letter follow a 6-3 more PR

HELENA, Montana, Jan. 22 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: In Thursday's Children, Families, Health and Human Services Committee meeting, Democratic Legislators put Superintendent of the Office Public Instruction (OPI) Elsie Arntzen in the hot seat, questioning why her department has failed to provide a clear path forward for the Comprehensive School and Community Treatment (CSCT) program, which provides critical mental health services to children across Montana more PR

HELENA, Montana, Jan. 20 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Jan. 19 2022: Governor Greg Gianforte today announced Montana entrepreneurs have a new tool to grow their businesses. Approved by the governor in December, the Montana Down Payment Assistance Program is a public-private partnership between the State of Montana and Montana's banks, credit unions, and economic development agencies. "Montana entrepreneurs and job creators now have another tool in thei more PR

HELENA, Montana, Jan. 20 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Jan. 19 2022: Along with 15 other governors, Governor Greg Gianforte today called on President Joe Biden to work with states as partners and provide states with maximum flexibility to determine the best use of Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) funds. "As governors, we understand the importance of long-term planning, balanced budgets, and certainty to the projects in our states best suit more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Jan. 22 (TNSOps) -- Montana State University issued the following news release on Jan. 21, 2022: The services that help make Montana State University a home away from home for American Indian and Alaska Native students will soon expand, MSU officials announced today. The Department of Native American Studies and its American Indian Alaska Native Student Success Services will increase the services that help make MSU comfortable for Indigenous students, according to Walter Flem more PR