HELENA, Montana, Nov. 22 -- Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Governor Steve Bullock and First Lady Lisa Bullock today convened middle and high school students from throughout Montana to discuss the issue of childhood hunger in their communities. The 21 members represent middle and high schools in 15 different communities across Montana, from Billings and Box Elder to Olive and Forsyth, and will implement projects to address childhood hunger where they live. "Th more PR

HELENA, Montana, Nov. 21 -- Montana Attorney General Tim Fox issued the following news release: A national non-profit has again ranked Montana as one of the top states in the country for its efforts to combat child sex trafficking. Shared Hope International's annual state report cards gave Montana an "A," citing its continued commitment to laws and practices that vigorously protect child sex trafficking victims and hold buyers, sellers, and facilitators accountable. Additionally, Montana had t more PR

HELENA, Montana, Nov. 21 -- Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Governor Steve Bullock today announced a $10 million, 5-year federal grant to launch a program to address disparities in maternal health and improve health outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women living in rural Montana. "This is an excellent opportunity to elevate healthcare services for pregnant and postpartum women who have little or no access to high levels of obstetrics care," Governor Bullock more PR

HELENA, Montana, Nov. 18 -- Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Governor Steve Bullock today submitted comments on behalf of the State of Montana on the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Draft SEIS) for the Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, expressing concerns over the failure to adequately analyze potential spill impacts and response, cultural resource impacts, and fish and wildlife resource impacts. "Dating back to my time serving as Montana's Atto more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Nov. 19 [TNSmedicalresearch-Journal of Medical Internet Research] -- Montana State University issued the following news: A program delivered entirely online that aims to reduce depression and anxiety symptoms has shown promising results in a new Montana State University study. The findings by MSU researcher Mark Schure suggest that an internet-based interactive platform known as Thrive was effective in reducing the severity of depression and anxiety symptoms and improving fun more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Nov. 18 [TNSgrants-foundation] -- Montana State University issued the following news: A grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust will allow Montana State University physicists and materials scientists to advance research into quantum materials, a new class of materials that will be important to next-generation technologies in computing, secure communications and sensing. Nick Borys, an assistant professor in MSU's Department of Physics in the College of Letters and Scien more PR

FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Nov. 22 [TNSgrants-NSF] -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: Things were different in North America 90 million years ago. It was the Late Cretaceous and the Western Interior Seaway split what is now North America from Alaska to the Gulf of Mexico. (Modern day Arkansas, on the ancient sea's eastern shore, wasn't quite waterfront property, but it was close.) A chain of mountains rose from what's now Nevada through Montana, causing regional climate varia more PR

OLYMPIA, Washington, Nov. 21 -- The Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission issued the following news release: * * * - Multiparty settlement proposes a financial plan for Colstrip power plant * * * Staff members of the Utilities and Transportation Commission have reached a partial settlement with Avista on the company's request to increase electric and natural gas rates for its customers in Washington. The proposed settlement lays out an agreement that recovers in rates the more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, Nov. 20 [TNSbiologyresearch-Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal] -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: On a typical June day in Yellowstone, it's not unusual to see hundreds of bison grazing in the Lamar Valley. The herds appear to aimlessly move back and forth through meadows threaded by a winding river, just passive figures in an idyllic scene. But as it turns out, that's far from the full picture. A team of researchers includi more PR