WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for May 16, 2025 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY Atlantic Diving Supply Inc., Virginia Beach, Virginia (SPRMM1-25-D-MC01); ASRC Federal Facilities Logistics LLC, Beltsville, Maryland (SPRMM1-25-D-MC02); Culmen International LLC, Alexandria, Virginia (SPRMM1-25-D-MC03); Fairwinds Technologies LLC, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland (SPRMM1-25-D-MC04); S&K Aerospace LLC, St. Ignatius, Montana (SPRMM1-25-D- more PR

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines Introduces Bill to Support Montana Trucking Industry, Prevent One-Size-Fits-All Mandate U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today introduced a bill to support Montana's agriculture and trucking industries by outlawing a Biden-era proposal that mandates unnecessary and dangerous speed limitations on commercial motor vehicles, like semis and eighteen-wheelers, that are used for interstate comm more PR

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Train and Support Montana's Wildland Firefighters U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines introduced the bipartisan "Civilian Conservation Center Enhancement Act of 2025" to support specialized wildland firefighter training. The bill will support Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers and allow the next generation of Montanans receive access to the resources they  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines Leads Letter to FWS Urging Reversal of Biden-Era Red Tape that Slows Grizzly Bear Delisting U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines led his colleagues in sending a bicameral letter today to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service raising concerns with a Biden-era policy that unnecessarily slows the grizzly bear delisting process by creating a single recovery zone that stretches from Washington State more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines on Fox Business: President Trump is Leading in the Middle East "Strength Produces Peace. Strength Produces Results." U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines joined Stuart Varney on Fox Business today to discuss President Trump's trip to the Middle East as well as his trade talks with China and the recent release of American hostage Edan Alexander. Watch the full interview HERE. Daines rec more PR

NEW YORK, May 16 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., posted the following news release: * * * Joint Statement on Preliminary Injunction Ruling in Case Challenging Anti-Transgender Bathroom Ban MISSOULA, Mont. -- Earlier today, a Missoula County District Court granted a preliminary injunction in Perkins v. State of Montana, blocking more PR

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Daines, Salinas, Guthrie, Hoyle Champion Bipartisan Bill to Train Next Generation of Wildland Firefighters Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Montana's U.S. Senator Steve Daines, U.S. Representatives Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Brett Guthrie (KY-02), and Val Hoyle (OR-04) today reintroduced the bipartisan Civilian Conservation Center Enhancement Act of 2025. This legislation di more PR

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (MFWP) has submitted comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) regarding the proposal to list the Suckley's cuckoo bumble bee as an endangered species. In its letter, MFWP notes the rarity of the bee in Montana, stating, "The small number of observations suggests naturally sparse occurrence of Suckley's cuckoo bumble bee in Montana, and it is unclear whether the species is still present in the state." MFWP expresses concern ab more ST

SACRAMENTO, California, May 16 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Pacific Legal Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Montana votes to end racial quotas Helena, MT; May 16, 2025: Governor Greg Gianforte has signed legislation ( HB 215 ) eliminating race and gender preferences in appointing members to Montana's public boards and commissions -- a decisive move that restores equality before the law and ends more than three decades of unconstitutional discrimination. In response to the  more PR

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, May 15 -- The State Bar of New Mexico issued the following news: * * * The New Mexico State Bar Foundation's Legal Resources for the Elderly Program is Hosting a Free In-Person Legal Workshop and Clinic for New Mexico Residents in Roswell on June 2 The New Mexico State Bar Foundation's Legal Resources for the Elderly Program (LREP) will be hosting a free in-person legal workshop and Power of Attorney Clinic for New Mexico residents on June 2 in Roswell, New Mexico at  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 [Category: Business] -- NSSF-The Firearm Industry Trade Association, issued the following news release: * * * NSSF Praises Montana Gov. Gianforte for Signing Firearm Industry Protections into Law WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Montana's Gov. Greg Gianforte is giving firearm industry members more reason to consider the Big Sky State as a home from which to do business. Gov. Gianforte just signed legislation revising the state's public nuisance law and adding protections to keep gun con more PR

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- Ralph T Coe Center for the Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, will repatriate a sacred cultural item to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana under the provisions of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The item identified for return is a birchbark scroll, designated as NA0274 a, which qualifies as both a sacred object and an object of cultural patrimony under federal law. The scroll was originally acquired by Ralph T Coe in 1974 more PR

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Joseph Neguse, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Neguse and Zinke Introduce Bipartisan Effort to Expand Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Washington, D.C. -- This week, Congressman Joe Neguse, Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Federal Lands, joined forces with Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke to introduce the bipartisan Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) Reauthorization Act of 2025. The bill would rea more PR

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- A coalition of transportation departments from Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming has voiced its support for a federal interim final rule that would eliminate existing National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) implementing regulations. In a letter submitted to the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), the state agencies argue that the move aligns with a recent presidential executive order and addresses concerns about the CEQ's statutory authority to en more ST

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Zinke and Neguse Introduce Bill to Extend Successful Forest Management Program Washington, D.C. \- Today, Representatives Ryan Zinke (R-MT-01) and Joe Neguse (D-CO-02) introduced the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration (CFLR) Program Reauthorization Act of 2025, which would extend and expand a successful program focused on reducing wildfire risk, restoring forest health, and supporting rural econ more PR

HELENA, Montana, May 15 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release on May 13, 2025: * * * Zinke Defends Trump's Luxury Jet 'Gift' From Qatar Zinke on CNN: "He's making deals. I think it's transactional of him." Helena, MT- Today, in a live CNN interview, Congressman Ryan Zinke defended President Trump's acceptance of a luxury jet 'gift' from Qatar, while playing down Constitutional, ethical, and security concerns surrounding the Qatari plane. Zinke, who claims to be  more PR