HELENA, Montana, Oct. 21 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Following extensive bargaining, Governor Greg Gianforte and public employee unions this week reached a significant agreement for the state pay plan. Covering the 2024-2025 biennium, the agreement includes wage increases, health benefit cost freezes, one-time payments, and other far-reaching contractual changes. This negotiated pay plan addresses challenges faced by state and higher education employees more PR

HELENA, Montana, Oct. 26 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2022: Governor Greg Gianforte today celebrated the launch of a new program at the Montana State Prison that provides workforce training and promises to reduce recidivism. The Last Mile (TLM) provides business technology training to incarcerated individuals in facilities across the United States. "Today, I'm proud to welcome The Last Mile to Montana," Gov. Gianforte said. "By providing inca more PR

BILLINGS, Montana, Oct. 21 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Gianforte this morning shared elements of his health care agenda for the 2023 legislative session and the year ahead, emphasizing the need to increase access to affordable, high-quality health care. "Creating greater, and better, access to health care and lowering Montanans' costs for care are core pillars of our health care agenda for 2023," Gov. Gianforte said. "I look forward to wo more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Oct. 28 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Oct. 27, 2022: At a high-density housing construction site in Bozeman, Governor Greg Gianforte today unveiled elements of his agenda to increase Montanans' access to affordable, attainable housing and build a stronger workforce. "Faced with a shortage of housing supply, hardworking Montanans struggle to own or rent a home, and to increase housing supply, we need highly-skilled workers," Governor G more PR

HELENA, Montana, Oct. 27 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Oct. 26, 2022: Governor Greg Gianforte and Butte-Silver Bow Chief Executive J.P. Gallagher today issued a Fentanyl and Opioid Crisis Declaration for Butte-Silver Bow. "Like so many Montana communities, Butte has seen an alarming rise in fentanyl and opioid use and, as a result, a tragic loss of life," Governor Gianforte said. "They're stepping up to get the word out that one pill can kill, and we'r more PR

HELENA, Montana, Oct. 28 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: It is no longer a fringe or far-fetched position: mainstream GOP leadership has laid out their plan to make drastic cuts to Social Security and Medicare in order to make Democrats fall in line, if they take back the House this November. If Rep. Rosendale and Ryan Zinke are elected to serve as Montana's Representatives, will they vote to cut Social Security? Will they vote to put Medicare on the chopping more PR

HELENA, Montana, Oct. 26 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: * * * THAT Is Proof." * * * In a 2021 video posted to conservative blog site Western MT News, Ryan Zinke is seen promoting dangerous election fraud conspiracy theories and undermining faith in our democracy. The truth is Zinke is a 2020 Election denier. Watch video: https://www.facebook.com/reel/683887546218108 "The Attorney General of Michigan - this is from a blog site so I don't know the veracity more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Oct. 28 (TNSres) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: A Montana State University doctoral student received national recognition for her oral research presentation at the 2022 American Indian Science and Engineering Society, or AISES, conference in Palm Springs, California, earlier this month. Stephanann Costello, a fifth-year Ph.D. student working in the lab of professor Valerie Copie in MSU's Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry in the College of  more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Oct. 29 (TNSres) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: A Montana State University marine microbiologist known for creating hands-on research opportunities for students has received an award to expand her fieldwork to better understand coral reef health. Zoe Pratte, a researcher in MSU's Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology in the College of Agriculture, received the Central Caribbean Marine Institute's 2022 Women in Ocean Sciences award. The aw more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Oct. 24 (TNSfund) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Programs promoting precision agriculture, youth development, agriculture scholarships and the state's farm and ranch heritage will all benefit from a newly announced $10 million gift to Montana State University. The anonymous donation will establish a series of endowments focused on programs based in the MSU College of Agriculture and MSU Extension. The largest portion of the gift, $5 million, w more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Oct. 25 (TNSfund) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Artificial intelligence can help libraries provide better services, including making materials more accessible, but using AI can also raise ethical questions, according to Sara Mannheimer, associate professor with the Montana State University Library. Now, Mannheimer is leading a team working to help librarians and archivists make ethical, values-driven decisions about how best to use artificial  more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Oct. 28 (TNSres) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Even after the smoke clears, communities can be impacted by wildfire when scorched mountainsides are flushed with rain, washing sediment, ash and other contaminants into streams and reservoirs that supply drinking water. In light of the severity and frequency of wildfires across much of the U.S., a Montana State University researcher and collaborators are working to help communities better safegua more PR

BILLINGS, Montana, Oct. 25 (TNSbook) -- Montana State University-Billings issued the following news: Jennifer Lodine-Chaffey, assistant professor of English at Montana State University Billings, released her first book "A Weak Woman in a Strong Battle: Women and Public Execution in Early Modern England" as part of the University of Alabama Press' Strode Studies in Early Modern Literature and Culture book series. "To have my book published feels like a vindication of the end of a long process o more PR

PORTLAND, Oregon, Oct. 26 (TNSres) -- Portland General Electric, an electric utility company, issued the following news release on Oct. 25, 2022: * * * Project will deliver clean electricity to PGE's customers in Oregon by 2024 * * * Portland General Electric Company (NYSE: POR) today announced plans to procure 311 megawatts of energy from the Clearwater Wind project, a 775-megawatt wind site in Montana being developed by NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc. (N more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, Oct. 25 (TNSjou) -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: For a researcher who studies wildfire, University of Montana graduate student Kyra Clark-Wolf couldn't have had better timing. Clark-Wolf arrived in Missoula to start her graduate studies on the impacts of wildfires on forests at the W.A. Franke College of Forestry & Conservation on July 4, 2017. Eleven days later, a lightning strike sparked the Lolo Peak Fire just south of the city, burning nea more PR