DENVER, Colorado, Jan. 29 (TNSPer) -- Holland and Hart, a law firm, issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2022: Congratulations to Holland & Hart attorney Brianne McClafferty for being appointed as a Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Montana. McClafferty was selected from among a pool of highly qualified applicants from Montana's Ninth Circuit and will serve a three-year term, effective January 19, 2022. S more PR

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Jan. 29 (TNSPar) -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Arkansas is part of the new Four-State FAST Collaborative formed to help small companies compete for National Science Foundation seed funding for innovative technologies. In the effort, the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center, based at UA Little Rock, joins three other recipients of Federal and State Technology Partnership Program grants: * Montana Innovation Partnership powe more PR

HELENA, Montana, Jan. 26 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2022: Governor Greg Gianforte today announced the following appointments: Alfalfa Seed Committee * Dallas Steiger, Hysham: With a lifetime of farming and ranching experience, Steiger remains actively engaged in the growing of alfalfa seed in Montana. Steiger's term will run through November 30, 2024. * Justin Wiese,Malta: Reappointed to the Alfalfa Seed Committee, Wiese bring more PR

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Jan. 29 -- Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Florida joined states from across the nation, including Texas, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Alaska in filing suit against the Biden Administration for reinstating the Central America Minors (CAM) Program. This program is another example of the Biden Administration's utter contempt for the faithful enforcement of our nation's immigration laws. "The Biden administration cont more PR

HELENA, Montana, Jan. 26 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Jan. 25 2022: Montana's unemployment rate hit a new record low in December, dropping another 0.3 percentage points to end the year at 2.5%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The number of unemployed Montanans is at its lowest level since BLS began the data series in 1976. "After just one year, our Montana Comeback Plan is working. Our unemployment rate is the lowest it's ever  more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Jan. 26 (TNSOps) -- Montana State University issued the following news release on Jan. 25, 2022: Libraries are often regarded mainly as buildings, but the real value of a library is in its resources, services and people who work to meet a variety of information needs, according to Montana State University professor Doralyn Rossmann, head of digital library initiatives at the MSU Library. "Information needs include, of course, traditional expectations around books, journals an more PR

HELENA, Montana, Jan. 29 -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following news release: Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services Director Adam Meier issued an advisory today to clarify the current status of, and Montanans' rights and obligations, under the Parental Notification of Abortion Act of 2011. Montana Code books reflect that House Bill 391 (2013) repealed portions of this law. However, the Montana Code doesn't acc more PR

HELENA, Montana, Jan. 29 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: In a filing last week, Attorney General Austin Knudsen asked the Montana Supreme Court to vacate a long-standing filing that protects Montanan's right to reproductive health care privacy. This move reflects a radical departure from decades of legal precedent known as the Armstrong Ruling. The Armstrong Ruling protects the right to personal autonomy, which includes the privacy of Montanans who seek reprod more PR

HELENA, Montana, Jan. 26 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: With energy costs expected to rise 47% to 62% from last year, Montanans are left waiting for Governor Gianforte to distribute Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funding. The American Rescue Plan Act allocated $27.1 million for the LIHEAP Program- Gianforte's administration has distributed just $4.1 million, just over 15% of the available funds. LIHEAP provides assistance to Montana house more PR

HELENA, Montana, Jan. 28 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: The Office of Public Instruction (OPI) recently announced their graduation and dropout rates across the state for the 2020-2021 school year. Notably, the OPI's press release included inaccurate data, which appears to obscure how significantly the dropout and graduation rates worsened under Superintendent Arntzen. The 2020-2021 dropout rate for grades 9-12 was 3.75%. OPI reported this as a .84% increase  more PR

HRED LODGE, Montana, Jan. 27 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2022: At the grand opening of a new Career and Technical Education (CTE) center at Red Lodge High School, Governor Greg Gianforte today underscored the importance of CTE programs to empower student and workers as well as to meet current and future workforce demands. "Everybody wins when we provide our kids the tools they need to thrive, and that's why I'm so encouraged to see this i more PR

EAST HELENA, Montana, Jan. 25 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Jan. 24 2022: Governor Greg Gianforte today visited Diehl Ranch Co. in East Helena to discuss the impact of pro-growth, pro-jobs policies on the state's agriculture industry. "For too long, Montana producers have had to pay taxes on equipment that sits around for most of the year, and it just doesn't make any sense," Gov. Gianforte said. "To protect the bottom lines of our hardworking ag famil more PR

BILLINGS, Montana, Jan. 25 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Gianforte today convened a roundtable with local officials to address efforts by state and local partners to improve public safety in Billings and Yellowstone County. "Since the start of the pandemic, we've seen a dramatic increase in drug-related and violent crime nationwide, including here in Billings and Yellowstone County. These crimes threaten public safety, leave victims and the more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Jan. 25 (TNSJou) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: A study published this month by researchers at Montana State University shows black holes in a new light. Instead of acting as a destructive cosmic force, at least one black hole appears to be helping to form new stars. Published in the Jan. 20 issue of the journal Nature, the study examines Henize 2-10, a dwarf galaxy 30 million light-years from Earth in the southern constellation Pyxis, whose co more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Jan. 27 (TNSOps) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: The Golden Triangle Barley Conference, a triennial event featuring updates about the barley industry, will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 22, in Conrad. The event is hosted by Montana State University Extension and its partners and will take place from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pondera Shooting Sports Complex, 972 Granite Road. Check-in will begin at 8 a.m. Speakers from MSU will include Pat Carr from  more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Jan. 28 (TNSJou) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Montana State University research into the building blocks of chemical reactions is highlighted this week in Chemical Science, the Royal Society of Chemistry's peer-reviewed flagship journal. The paper, "Solvent Coordination to Palladium Can Invert the Selectivity of Oxidative Addition," is by Emily Elias and Steven Rehbein, who both received their doctorates from MSU, and their mentor Sharon Neuf more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Jan. 28 (TNSRes) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: A Montana State University researcher is part of a new study that finds rising gas prices led to a steep decline in the development of forest and agricultural land across the country from 2000 to 2015 compared to the previous two decades, resulting in a broad shift toward denser development patterns throughout the United States. Published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, Daniel Bigel more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Jan. 27 (TNSOps) -- Montana State University issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2022: A Montana State University scientist whose work focuses on preventing the kind of interspecies virus transmission that caused the coronavirus pandemic has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Raina Plowright, associate professor in the Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology in MSU's College of Agriculture, will receive the honor at t more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Jan. 27 (TNSOps) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: As part of a multistate collaboration funded with a new grant, Montana State University's TechLink Center will expand its work to help small businesses apply for federal research and development funding to bring their innovative ideas to the marketplace. With $150,000 from the U.S. Small Business Administration, Techlink and its collaborating partners will offer the Mesas to Mountains program to g more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Jan. 29 (TNSOps) -- Montana State University issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2022: The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Montana State University, in partnership with the Belgrade Community Library, will host "One Book Belgrade: 'Ridgeline' Featured Speaker" at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 10, at the library. The event is free and open to the public. The presentation will be preceded by a social with refreshments at 5:30 p.m. New York Times bestselling author Mic more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, Jan. 28 (TNSOps) -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: Ashby Kinch, a University of Montana professor of English, has spent his career studying the 14th and 15th centuries. Despite broad social advances, there's still something citizens of the Middle Ages did better than we do now: talk about and process death, dying and grief. "During the Black Plague, communities had an intense cultural experience of observing death at close hand," Kinch said. "Bu more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, Jan. 25 (TNSPar) -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: The University of Montana is partnering in a new program that provides science-based climate information and services to Native American ranchers and farmers in the Intermountain West. The program, funded with a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, will support and strengthen the role of USDA Climate Hubs in Indian Country. Thes more PR

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Jan. 27 (TNSPer) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: A longtime state legislator from Rawlins has been appointed to the state's Enhanced Oil Recovery Commission, which oversees the University of Wyoming's Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute. Rep. Donald Burkhart Jr., R-Rawlins, succeeds outgoing commission member Rep. Mike Greear, R-Worland. Burkhart has represented House District 15 in Carbon County since January 2011. He holds a B.S. in physics from more PR