WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: * * * - Gianforte Continues to Put Political Career and Friends in the Swamp Before Montanans * * * The Trump administration has announced it intends to cut $223 million from the Marine Corps F-35 program in order to fund the border wall project which both Gianforte and Trump promised would be paid for by Mexico. The F-35 program is an integral part of Montana's economy, generating over $16 million in the  more PR

HELENA, Montana, Feb. 19 -- The Montana Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: The Montana Department of Environmental Quality has responded to public comments and issued a conditional approval for Colstrip's Revised Remedy Evaluation Report, Units 3&4 Effluent Holding Pond (EHP). The report submitted by the operator at Colstrip, Talen Montana, LLC (formerly PPL Montana) is required under the Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) between DEQ and Talen. The order more PR

HELENA, Montana, Feb. 19 -- Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * - Database will help rural communities leverage available grant and loan opportunities to fund community and economic development projects * * * Governor Steve Bullock and Lt. Governor Mike Cooney launched a comprehensive database that will host state and federal grant and loan opportunities that rural Montana communities can leverage to fund community and economic development projects across  more PR

HELENA, Montana, Feb. 20 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: The Trump administration's proposed budget, released last week, continues to fund the Trump DOJ's attacks on affordable health coverage and protections for Montanans with pre-existing conditions. With 152,000 Montanans with pre-existing conditions at risk of losing coverage, Greg Gianforte and Steve Daines's continued silence on the Administration's lawsuit aimed at ripping away healthcare from millions more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Feb. 20 -- Montana State University issued the following news: Nicole Bohme Carnegie, an assistant professor of statistics in the Department of Mathematical Sciences in the College of Letters and Science at Montana State University, will discuss her work using network-based mathematical models to simulate HIV epidemics and test proposed interventions in a Kopriva Science Seminar Series talk on Wednesday, Feb. 26. Carnegie's lecture, "Optimizing HIV Prevention Interventions Th more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Feb. 21 -- Montana State University issued the following news: Montana State University's College of Letters and Science will host a free public lecture about the economics of health insurance as part of its Distinguished Speakers Series on Thursday, March 5. Matthew Notowidigdo, an associate professor in the Department of Economics at Northwestern University, will present "What Does Health Insurance Do?" at 5 p.m. in Barnard Hall, Room 103. Notowidigdo's research has shown th more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Feb. 21 -- Montana State University issued the following news: Former astronaut Mae Jemison and diversity leader Ofelia A. Olivero will each address the public and attendees at Montana State University during the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, which will take place March 26-28. Jemison will speak at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 27, and Olivero will speak at 10 a.m. Friday, March 28, both in Brick Breeden Fieldhouse. The speeches are open to the public with no ticke more PR

BOZEMAN, Montana, Feb. 20 [TNSgrants] -- Montana State University issued the following news: As part of a statewide effort to advance research and education in water quality, three Montana State University research teams have won funding for projects that could lead to more affordable water monitoring, new treatment methods and better understanding of contamination sources. The roughly $50,000 "seed" grants were awarded to the MSU teams in December through the Consortium for Research on Enviro more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, Feb. 21 -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: The University of Montana Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center will present Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nicholas Kristof at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, at UM's Dennison Theatre. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Free and open to the public, Kristof will present "Rebuilding America," an in-depth look at how economic and social upheaval has prevented millions from achieving the American dream and how people more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, Feb. 20 [TNSgrants] -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: University of Montana postdoctoral fellow Sascha Stump recently was awarded a three-year National Institutes of Health grant to investigate structural and kinetic properties of the enzyme Ric-8 and its interaction with G proteins. Dr. Stump works with UM's Center for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. His grant, the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Postdoctoral more PR

OLYMPIA, Washington, Feb. 22 -- The Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission issued the following news release: * * * - Northwest Fiber LLC to purchase company's Washington operations * * * State regulators approved an all-party settlement in the sale of Frontier Communications Northwest Inc. to Wave Division Capital (WDC) and Northwest Fiber LLC. The three-member Utilities and Transportation Commission approved the settlement resolving the proposed sale of Frontier's servi more PR