BURBANK, California, June 27 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release on June 26, 2023: * * * THURSDAY, JULY 13 10:00-11:00 p.m. EDT - Press Your Luck: "102" (102) (Rebroadcast. OAD: 7/17/19) Logline: Host Elizabeth Banks is joined by contestants David Wells (hometown: Columbia, Montana), Pam Costa (hometown: San Pedro, California) and Dwight Huntsman (hometown: Oakland, California). (TV-PG) Watch episodes on demand and on Hulu the day following their premieres.   more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued the following news release: Following the one year anniversary of the Republican Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, a wave of new reporting from the Senate battlegrounds highlights how the decision has "unleashed an enormous wave of political anger and activism," and that a woman's right to make her own health care decisions is driving "political energy and momentum" ahead of the 2024 election. IN CASE YOU MISS  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, June 27 (TNSper) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: The Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University has named Kelvin C.P. Wang as its new director beginning Aug. 1. Wang, currently Regents Professor and Dawson Chair of Civil Engineering at the Oklahoma State University, will also serve as a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering in MSU's Norm Asbjornson College of Engineering. Wang has more than 30 years of experience in   more

HELENA, Montana, June 27 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Gianforte today announced the State of Montana will receive more than $628 million in federal funding to expand access to reliable broadband in unserved and underserved Montana communities. "Lack of broadband access shouldn't stand between Montanans and opportunities for a good-paying job, greater education, and affordable, high-quality health care," Gov. Gianforte said. "This generatio  more

HELENA, Montana, June 27 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on June 26, 2023: Governor Greg Gianforte today provided further opposition to a proposed rule by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) which would alter the use of BLM lands to the detriment of recreation, livestock grazing, responsible resource development, and public access. The proposed rule seeks to define "conservation" as a use within the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), which requ  more

HELENA, Montana, June 30 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on June 29, 2023: Governor Greg Gianforte today extended his housing task force, which he launched in July 2022, through June 2025. "While we've made great progress to increase the supply of affordable, attainable housing for Montanans, there's more work to do, and we're not done yet," Gov. Gianforte said. "I look forward to our Housing Task Force continuing to develop more commonsense solutions to ad  more

HELENA, Montana, June 28 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following statement on June 27, 2023: * * * Today, Montana newcomer and Mitch McConnell's handpicked candidate Tim Sheehy announced his run for U.S. Senate. "Jon Tester has farm equipment that's been in Montana longer than Tim Sheehy," said Monica Robinson, senior communications advisor for the Montana Democratic Party. "The last thing Montanans want in a senator is an out-of-state transplant recruited by Mitch McConnell and   more

HELENA, Montana, June 29 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release on June 28, 2023: Today, the Montana Democratic Party launched a new website, TransplantTim.com, highlighting how Mitch McConnell recruit Tim Sheehy's recent arrival to Montana, multimillion dollar luxury properties across the state, and ties to lobbyists and DC insiders are out of touch with Montana. The Montana Democratic Party will be running Google search ads directing people to the website. In addit  more

HELENA, Montana, June 30 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Yesterday, the Montana Democratic Party launched a new website, TransplantTim.com, highlighting how Mitch McConnell recruit Tim Sheehy's recent arrival to Montana, multimillion dollar luxury properties across the state, and ties to lobbyists and DC insiders are out of touch with Montana. Here's what Montanans are watching and hearing a day after Transplant Tim Sheehy's launch: ABC FOX Montana: State De  more

HELENA, Montana, June 29 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: On Wednesday morning, Rep. Jonathan Karlen (D - Missoula County) and Sheila Hogan, executive director of the Montana Democratic Party held a press call to discuss the GOP's drastic property tax hikes hitting Montana homeowners, after a session of inaction. Sheila Hogan also announced that the Montana Democratic Party would be holding town halls across the state to hear from Montanans about this Republic  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, June 30 (TNSres) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Using large radio telescopes to observe a collection of pulsars that act as cosmic clocks in our galaxy, a group of astrophysicists including Montana State University Regents Professor Neil Cornish has found evidence for low-frequency gravitational waves that oscillate with periods of years to decades, according to a set of papers published Wednesday in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. The gravi  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, June 28 (TNSres) -- Montana State University issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: While the linguistic feats of ChatGPT and other chatbots have been capturing headlines, researchers at Montana State University have been steadily advancing another, more ordinary -- and potentially life-saving -- application of artificial intelligence: helping to diagnose and treat prostate cancer. By using new computing methods to detect visual patterns in biopsy scans, the scie  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, June 27 (TNSfund) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: A Montana State University researcher recently received funding that will expand and continue work that examines the effect of changing water temperatures on ocean ecosystems around the world. Frank Stewart, an associate professor in the Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology in MSU's College of Agriculture, was named one of the 2023 Simons Investigators in Aquatic Microbial Ecology. The awa  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, June 29 (TNSres) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Jodi Allison-Bunnell, head of Archives and Special Collections at the Montana State University Library, will be inducted this summer as a fellow of the Society of American Archivists, or SAA, the oldest and largest archivist association in North America. The distinction of fellow is awarded for outstanding contributions to the archives profession and is the highest honor SAA bestows on individuals  more

MISSOULA, Montana, June 28 (TNSawa) -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: Montana Public Radio and Montana PBS staff members received honors from the E.B. Craney Awards and Public Radio Journalists Association for their outstanding work during the past year. E.B. Craney Award winners included MTPR's Flathead reporter Aaron Bolton, who was honored with the Radio News Story of the Year Award. The award for Best Podcast went to Shared State, a joint effort of MTPR, Yell  more