HELENA, Montana, Nov. 5 -- The Montana Department of Commerce issued the following news release: The Department of Commerce today announced investments in eight tribal economic and business development organizations - one for each tribal government in Montana. The investments, totaling $160,000, will support business services for tribal entrepreneurs through the Native American Business Advisors program at the Department of Commerce. Services available through the program include assisting tri more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Nov. 5 -- Montana State University issued the following news: Jenny Price, a historian, artist and author who focuses on environmental writing, will discuss the status of contemporary American environmentalism as The Ivan Doig Center for the Study of the Lands and Peoples of the North American West's Perspectives on the American West Lecture Series resumes at 6 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 18, at the Museum of the Rockies' Hager Auditorium.. Price's lecture, "Stop Saving the Planet!  more PR

BRISTOL, Connecticut, Nov. 6 -- ESPN, a sports media company, issued the following news release: * * * - Audio Trailer Announcing Episode Topics Debuted Today * * * ESPN Films' 30 for 30 Podcasts will return for a sixth season with four all-new audio documentaries. The first episode will debut on Tuesday, November 12, with the others premiering every Tuesday through December 3. The audio documentaries will tell a range of fascinating stories about kidnappings, scandal, and devastating natura more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Nov. 4 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Building on a strong team of diverse experts in their fields, Governor JB Pritzker announced the following appointments in his administration: ILLINOIS STATE MEDICAL DISCIPLINARY BOARD James Montana will serve on the Illinois State Medical Disciplinary Board.* Montana has worked as an attorney for 50 years and currently owns his namesake firm Law Offices of James Montana. Previously, he has worke more PR

HELENA, Montana, Nov. 8 -- The Montana Department of Commerce issued the following news release: Beginning December 1, the U.S. Census Bureau will increase Census field workers' pay rates across the country. In Montana, the wages will increase to a starting rate of $17 per hour for enumerators and $19.50 for those working in Cascade, Gallatin, Lewis and Clark, Missoula and Yellowstone Counties. The U.S. Census Bureau aims to hire thousands of Montanans by early next year to ensure every person more PR

HELENA, Montana, Nov. 6 -- Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Montana, issued the following statement recognizing Nov. 5 as Elouise Cobell Day: "Today, we honor and celebrate the legacy of Elouise Cobell, a fearless Montanan who refused to allow the federal government's promises go unkept and instead fought long and hard for accountability. "Cobell dedicated a great deal of her life to standing up for what was right, and in the process, she prevailed in holding the government responsible for a century of i more PR

HELENA, Montana, Nov. 5 -- Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * - Final NRDP East Helena Restoration Plan to allocate $5 million to Greenway trail system, priority water infrastructure needs * * * Governor Steve Bullock and community and state leaders today held a signing ceremony for the final Natural Resource Damage Program (NRDP) East Helena Restoration Plan, which allocates $5 million for the construction of the Greenway trail system and priority water  more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Nov. 8 -- Montana State University issued the following news: Montana State University student Rachel Kepl has been interested in working with children with disabilities since she was in high school near Seattle, when she volunteered to work as a peer coach with two classmates who had been diagnosed with autism and one who had been diagnosed with Down Syndrome. She later completed an internship in Seattle at a clinic that provided speech, occupational, physical and behavioral  more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Nov. 7 -- Montana State University issued the following news: The West Region Surface Transportation Workforce Center, housed at Montana State University, will host a forum about integrating university education and service to community on Thursday, Nov. 14, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Inspiration Hall in Norm Asbjornson Hall. The free event, which will include presentations by MSU faculty and students as well as two national experts, is designed to highlight MSU's current effo more PR