HELENA, Montana, May 1 -- Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Governor Steve Bullock announced the state received a Battelle Critical Care Decontamination System to begin cleaning and disinfecting used N95 respirators to ensure health care workers and first responders on the frontlines have the Personal Protective Equipment they need to safely treat patients. "As N95 respirators continue to be in short supply across the country, Montana can start utilizing this ne more PR

HELENA, Montana, May 1 -- Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Governor Steve Bullock outlined a framework to ramp up testing capacity in Montana over the next several months with a goal to eventually conduct 60,000 tests per month and prioritize testing for vulnerable Montanans in nursing homes and assisted living facilities, tribal communities, and those with COVID-19 symptoms. "As we enter phase one, we are committed to further ramping up our testing capacity in more PR

HELENA, Montana, April 28 -- Gov. Steve Bullock, D-Montana, issued the following news release: Governor Steve Bullock sent a letter U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to allow some local processing in order to avoid food waste and get local meat to Montana food banks for Montanans hardest hit by the impacts of COVID-19. The USDA recently denied a request by the Montana Department of Livestock to consider modified protocols that would allow selected processors to process som more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, April 28 -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: An international group of science and policy experts have published a joint commentary in the journal Science, urging U.S. and Canadian leadership to immediately address damages and risks caused by Canadian mine pollution flowing downstream into U.S. states. Led by University of Montana researchers, the group highlighted the threat and impacts of Canadian mines on shared rivers, fisheries and communitie more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, April 29 -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: Montanans will face a "broad-based recession of greater magnitude than what was experienced in 2008-09" in 2020, according to an analysis of the state economy released by the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Montana. The BBER report details the swift contraction expected in the economy due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ending a nine-year period of job growth in the state. Since more PR