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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Montana Newsletter for Sunday June 25, 2023 ( 3 items )  

TechNet Urges Congress to Pass a Federal Privacy Law Following Texas Becoming the 11th State to Enact a Privacy Law
WASHINGTON, June 20 (TNStalk) -- TechNet, a network of technology CEOs and senior executives that promotes the growth of the innovation economy, issued the following statement on June 19, 2023: * * * TechNet, the national, bipartisan network of innovation economy CEOs and senior executives, urged Congress to pass a federal privacy law after Texas became the sixth state to enact a data privacy law this year, joining Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Montana, and Tennessee. California, Colorado, Connectic  more

Tribes, Conservation Groups Seek Intervention in Enforcement Action Against Little Rocky Mountains Miners
MALTA BEND, Missouri, June 22 (TNSgov) -- Earthjustice issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: The Fort Belknap Indian Community and three conservation groups today filed a motion to intervene in defense of a Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) enforcement action against two miners who illegally mined within the Zortman-Landusky Reclamation Area, where tens of millions in public funds have been spent to address ongoing pollution from the defunct Zortman and Landusky Mi  more

WTA Board Member, John Stuart, Provides Congressional Testimony on Broadband Permitting Reform
HELENA, Montana, June 23 (TNSgov) -- WTA-Advocates for Rural Broadband issued the following news on June 22, 2023: Today, John Stuart, President and CEO of MTE Communications in Midvale, ID and WTA Board Member testified at a hearing held by the House Natural Resources Committee's Subcommittee on Federal Lands in favor of H.R. 4141, legislation to exempt broadband projects that use existing rights-of-way and previously permitted federal lands from National Environmental Policy Act and National   more