HELENA, Montana, Sept. 20 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: Governor Greg Gianforte today announced Montana's unemployment rate in August was below 3% for the 22nd consecutive month, bucking national trends as the country's unemployment rate rose to 3.8% in August. Montanans have created more than 8,600 jobs in the first eight months of 2023 and nearly 40,000 jobs since Gov. Gianforte took office in January 2021. "Despite national headwind  more

HELENA, Montana, Sept. 20 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: Leading a group of 25 Republican governors, Governor Greg Gianforte today called on President Joe Biden to provide governors with accurate and detailed information on who is entering the country illegally, where they are relocating, how the federal government is processing their asylum applications, and whether they are being deported. "The crisis at the southern border extends to   more

BILLINGS, Montana, Sept. 22 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Sept. 21, 2023: Ahead of the annual Youth Pheasant and Waterfowl Weekend, Governor Greg Gianforte today joined youth hunters and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) staff to release pheasants at the Yellowstone Wildlife Management Area (WMA). "Hunting is a proud tradition in Montana that the next generation will carry on," Gov. Gianforte said. "Through its Roosters for Recruitment program, FW  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Sept. 22 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Gianforte this afternoon toured the biathlon training center at Crosscut Mountain Sports Center, home of the U.S. Biathlon Paralympic Team and the home training center for the majority of the U.S. Olympic Junior Biathlon Team. "Crosscut Mountain Sports not only provides an exceptional facility and training for its athletes, but it also provides recreational opportunities to folks who   more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Sept. 20 -- Montana State University issued the following news release: By Marshall Swearingen, MSU News Service For a fifth straight year, Montana State University recorded an all-time high for research expenditures -- the funding put toward scientific discovery and other scholastic and creative pursuits. MSU is the largest research enterprise in the state, and its total expenditures exceed the research expenditures of all other institutions in the state combined. MSU's ann  more

HELENA, Montana, Sept. 23 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: On the latest leg of the Legislative Listening Tour, Senate Minority Leader Pat Flowers (D-Belgrade) and House Minority Leader Kim Abbott visited Laurel and Red Lodge to hear from Montanans in Yellowstone and Carbon Counties. With an engaged audience in Laurel, Senator Flowers and Representative Abbott listened to community members' concerns about a variety of issues facing Montana. Flowers and Abbott   more

HELENA, Montana, Sept. 22 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: For the second time this month, multimillionaire transplant Tim Sheehy was caught taking a company private jet to an out-of-state campaign event, raising questions about conflicts of interest and violations of the company's ethics code. POLITICO Influence reported that Sheehy took a private jet registered to his taxpayer-funded company, Bridger Aerospace, to a "major donor" fundraiser in North Dakota.   more

HELENA, Montana, Sept. 21 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Transplant Tim Sheehy made one of the most embearassing mistakes in the books this week when he falsely claimed that there are "more bears than people" in Montana. Daily Montanan reported that Sheehy's estimate is off by about a million: An expert with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks says there are fewer "bears, deer, elk, combined than people." And as FWP Bear Manager Jamie Jonkel said: "You could fi  more

HELENA, Montana, Sept. 23 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: It's been a rough week for Montana newcomer Tim Sheehy, who repeatedly proved how out of touch he is with Montana families and our Montana way of life. Sheehy was scrutinized for taking a private jet, registered to his company Bridger Aerospace, to two campaign events amid questions about his use of company resources to help his campaign and whether it violates his company's ethics code. And he made an  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Montana children with learning disabilities could get a boost thanks to new research at Montana State University that seeks to better understand how visual hand gestures can aid in communications in the classroom and home. The project, which started in August and is funded with $67,000 from Montana INBRE, is a collaboration between researchers in MSU's Norm Asbjornson College of Engineering, Mark  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Sept. 23 (TNSres) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: New technology developed by researchers at Montana State University, featured this month on the cover of the journal Science Advances, could have powerful impacts on the way scientists study viruses, make vaccines or splice genes. The research repurposes CRISPR - an immune system that bacteria use to recognize and fight off viruses - to the editing of RNA, which is a type of genetic material resp  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Sept. 21 -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Montana State University's fall student enrollment is the largest in its 130-year history, with 16,978 students pursuing the many benefits of higher education at the state's largest university. The new enrollment is up 2% over last fall's headcount, an increase of 290 students. MSU's previous enrollment record of 16,902 was set in the fall of 2018. MSU's enrollment solidifies its position as the largest u  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Sept. 22 -- Montana State University issued the following news release: The progression of Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a National Institutes of Health facility located in Hamilton that focuses on biomedical research, will be the theme of the annual Medical History of the West conference set for Tuesday, Oct. 17, at Montana State University. The free public event, "Built on a Tick: The Progression of Rocky Mountain Laboratories from Log Cabin to Biosafety Level 4," will be he  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Sept. 23 -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Accomplished composer and author Dale Trumbore will visit Montana State University Oct. 4-6 to teach classes, deliver a lecture and give a recital of her music. MSU's Honors College and the School of Music, which is part of the College of Arts and Architecture, collaborated to bring Trumbore to campus. Music students will learn technical skills from Trumbore, and the entire student body will have an oppo  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Sept. 15 (TNSres) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: A Montana State University professor received national recognition this month for his nearly four decades of excellence in research and engagement in the field of entomology. Bob Peterson, head of MSU's Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences in the College of Agriculture, was one of two individuals nationwide to be recognized by the Entomological Society of America with the title  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Sept. 19 -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Roughly 250 incoming first-year students at Montana State University have been selected to be the inaugural class of the Justin Smith Morrill Scholars Program, an initiative aimed at keeping students in school and on track for graduation that is named for the late senator who was instrumental in creating the nation's land-grant university system. Taking inspiration from the successes of MSU's Hilleman Sch  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Sept. 20 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release: Attorney General Jason Miyares filed an amicus brief, joined by 17 other state attorneys general, in support of the State of Montana's law banning the popular app 'TikTok.' Montana's action protects its citizens' privacy from TikTok's relationship with China and the Chinese Communist Party, and its citizens' wellbeing from the proven physical and mental health detriments the app has on   more