HELENA, Montana, Oct. 14 -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following news release on Oct. 13, 2022: Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen pushed back today against a Biden administration rule requiring Montana and all other states to reduce on-road carbon dioxide emissions to net-zero by 2050 in two sets of formal comments filed with the U.S. Department of Transportation. The rule, proposed by the Federal Highway Administration, would require the State of Montana to track  more PR

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 14 (TNSsro) -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following agenda item (Res ALJ-424) for Oct. 13, 2022: * * * Appeal of Commercial Energy of Montana Inc. d/b/a Commercial Energy of California from Citation E-4195-100 in the amount of $1,121,787.50 issued by the Consumer Protection and Enforcement Division. PROPOSED OUTCOME: * Resolves the Appeal K.21-08-001 of Citation E-4195-100 by Commercial Energy. * Closes the proceeding. SAFETY CONSI more PR

HELENA, Montana, Oct. 14 -- Carroll College issued the following news release: Carroll College has enrolled its largest first-year class in three years. The class of 2026 includes 296 new first-year students - a 5% increase over last year and a 10% increase over 2020. Adding in transfer students and re-admitted students (students who took time off and are now returning to Carroll), the total number of new undergraduate students enrolled this fall is 345. Currently, Carroll College's total enro more PR

BILLINGS, Montana, Oct. 11 -- Montana State University-Billings issued the following news: Montana State University Billings welcomed its largest freshmen class in three years this fall, with increases in military-affiliated, Hispanic, and Native American student enrollment. Retention rates for first-time freshmen and transfer students exceeded targets set by the newly formed Retention and Graduation Council and a record-high number of students are also taking online or HyFlex classes, reaffirm more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, Oct. 13 (TNSres) -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: Coming in at a weighty 143 pages, Montana's 2022 book of deer, elk and antelope hunting regulations is an impressive tome listing license costs, permit drawing stats, season start dates, tag requirements and the ominous penalties for breaking any of its stated rules. It's a valuable resource in the management of the state's beloved big game animals and a must read for hunters heading out into th more PR

HELENA, Montana, Oct. 11 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release on Oct. 10, 2022: Thomas J. Madigan, Republican candidate for HD47 in Billings, was charged and found guilty of impersonating a police officer in 2005. Madigan was sentenced to a two-year deferred prison sentence for impersonating a public servant- which is a felony. This year, he is running for the legislative seat against a real police officer. In 2005, Madigan showed up apparently drunk at a campgroun more PR

HELENA, Montana, Oct. 12 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Rep. Matt Rosendale, Republican candidate for Montana's Eastern District, voted no on the bipartisan Food Security for All Veterans Act, which passed out of the house despite his best efforts. The bill would establish an Office of Food Security at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and Rosendale joined only 49 of his Republican colleagues in voting no. Working-age veterans are at a greater risk (7.4%)  more PR

HELENA, Montana, Oct. 15 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Ryan Zinke, Republican running for Montana's new Western Congressional District, has asked John Lamb, the race's Libertarian candidate, to drop out of the race and endorse him on two separate occasions. Despite having nation-wide name recognition and a massive out-of-state and corporate special interest fundraising operation, Ryan Zinke is losing support to a third-party candidate. Zinke's behavior confi more PR

HELENA, Montana, Oct. 13 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: The House Republican Caucus has unveiled the legislative agendathey hope to deliver if they win back control of the House this November. They laid out their agenda transparently: if they win back the House, they plan to manufacture a debt-ceiling standoff in order to get leverage for gutting the bedrock programs that seniors rely on to retire, including your Social Security benefits. Montanans deserve t more PR

HELENA, Montana, Oct. 15 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release on Oct. 14, 2022: Recent polling of Montana's Western Congressional District shows a virtual tie between Republican Ryan Zinke at 42% and Democrat Monica Tranel at 41%. Libertarian John Lamb is polling at 8%, with undecided voters at 11%. Here are some takeaways from the new polling: * Ryan Zinke is stunningly vulnerable. Despite national name recognition, an out-of-state fundraising machine oiled by Sp more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Oct. 13 (TNSawa) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Sreekala Bajwa, of Montana State University's College of Agriculture and director of the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station, received a national award for her engineering achievement in agriculture. Bajwa received the 2022 Cyrus Hall McCormick Jerome Increase Case Gold Medal from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. The award, currently sponsored by CNH Industrial, h more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Oct. 13 (TNSconf) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Dozens of experts from around the world gathered in Bozeman Monday morning, making small talk over coffee with their international peers. They came from 11 countries -- including Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, Japan, Mexico, Canada, Brazil and across the United States -- to share ideas on integrating technology with industrial crops at the 33rd annual meeting of the Association for the Advancemen more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Oct. 12 (TNSres) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Faculty and students from Montana State University's Mark and Robyn Jones College of Nursing will collaborate on a newly-funded cancer care project aimed at providing easier access to cancer care for rural Montanans. The $1.9 million project is one of seven nationwide funded by the Merck Foundation through a $20 million initiative. All seven of the projects focus on underserved communities, and th more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Oct. 15 (TNSres) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Research published out of Montana State University will reach wider audiences and be more accessible thanks to a new partnership between the university and Taylor & Francis, which publishes scholarly journals, books, ebooks and reference works. The new agreement, known as a "read and publish" agreement, is the first of its kind for Taylor & Francis in the western United States and is among the fir more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Oct. 14 (TNSconf) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Montana State University will host the first installment of a new annual lecture series at 7 p.m. Oct. 24 in the Hager Auditorium at the Museum of the Rockies. The series, which honors the late forester and conservationist Elers Koch and has been made possible by a recent charitable endowment, is free and open to the public. The inaugural lecture, "Dissenting Conservationist: Elers Koch and His  more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Oct. 11 (TNSres) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: In one of the few places on the planet where conditions are most like those that existed on primordial Earth, Montana State University researchers have discovered two species of a microorganism that provide new insight into the processes that supported early life here and potentially on other rocky planets. In a paper published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Scienc more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, Oct. 12 (TNSfund) -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: SARC, the Student Advocacy Resource Center at the University of Montana, recently earned a $300,000 federal grant to offer critical support for domestic violence and sexual assault prevention at UM and in the Missoula community. The grant, from the national Office on Violence Against Women, will fund the UM PEACE Project (Prevention Education Anti-Violence Collaborative Effort). About $100,000  more PR