HELENA, Montana, Dec. 24 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Gianforte traveled to Dillon this weekend to address graduates of the Montana Youth Challenge Academy, a residential academic intervention program run by the Montana National Guard for students at risk of not graduating high school. "These cadets should be incredibly proud of all they've accomplished, disciplining themselves to acquire skills to reach their full, outstanding potential," more PR

HELENA, Montana, Dec. 24 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2022: Governor Greg Gianforte today announced his administration has filed its briefing in the appeal of a judge's decision denying the state's petition for stay after the Biden Administration approved the American Prairie Reserve's request to graze bison on Bureau of Land Management land in northeast Montana. In briefing, entitled a Statement of Reasons (statement) and submitted to the U. more PR

HELENA, Montana, Dec. 21 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2022: Joined by Jewish community and spiritual leaders, Governor Greg Gianforte yesterday celebrated Hanukkah with a Menorah lighting in the State Capitol. "It was an honor to celebrate the Festival of Lights in the people's house again yesterday," Gov. Gianforte said. "Montana stands in light with the Jewish faith and people, and we stand firmly against the darkness of anti-Semitism."  more PR

HELENA, Montana, Dec. 20 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2022: Together with half of the nation's governors, Governor Greg Gianforte today called on President Joe Biden to end the public health emergency (PHE) and its associated mandates burdening taxpayers. "It has been nearly three years since the federal government has declared a national emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic," the governors wrote. "While the virus will be with us fo more PR

HELENA, Montana, Dec. 22 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: With under two weeks to the start of the 2023 Session, the sheer volume of extremist, bigoted bill drafts the Republican legislators have requested clearly reveals one of the MTGOP's biggest 2023 session priorities: a slate of bigoted hate. As of this week there are several bills that seek to alter Montanans' right to privacy, the Constitutional right that protects Montanans from Governmental overreach  more PR

BILLINGS, Montana, Dec. 20 (TNSacc) -- Montana State University-Billings issued the following news: Montana State University Billings' Student Health Services achieved accreditation through the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care for the third consecutive time this December. AAAHC consultants review and measure compliance for 300 standards within healthcare systems before awarding accreditation. "Only a small percentage of college health services achieve this accreditation," s more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Dec. 22 (TNSper) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Janelle Booth, Montana State University's director of government affairs, will leave the university on March 17, 2023, to lead a nonprofit agricultural training organization in her home state of South Dakota. Booth will continue in her university role through mid-March and then transition into her role as CEO of the South Dakota Agricultural and Rural Leadership Foundation, which trains individual more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Dec. 20 (TNSawa) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: A Montana State University chemist recently received an award for her research on extracting important and useful metals from pyrite, the mineral commonly known as fool's gold. Manjinder Kour, a researcher in MSU's Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology in the College of Agriculture, received a PeerJ Award for best presentation at the international Triennial Congress of the World Association  more PR

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 22 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Attorney General Paxton has joined a coalition of states in sending two Montana-led letters to FedEx Corporation and United Parcel Service (UPS) over reports that the shipping companies have updated their terms of service for gun store owners. The new terms reportedly require any individuals who possess a Federal Firearms License (FFL) to comply with burdensome, intrusive, and potentially illegal corp more PR