HELENA, Montana, March 1 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Governor Greg Gianforte today announced the appointment of Bob Brown to serve as lottery director for the State of Montana. "With his extensive experience in the legislature, Bob will lead the Montana Lottery well," Gov. Gianforte said. "I am confident he will build upon the Montana Lottery's progress that has more than doubled the amount of money transferred to the general fund and   more

HELENA, Montana, March 1 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Governor Greg Gianforte today celebrated new data released by the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education (OCHE) which showed a record number of Montana high school students received college credit in a career and technical education (CTE) program in 2023. The data released by OCHE revealed that 3,371 high school students received college credit for CTE last year, an increase   more

FORT BENTON, Montana, Feb. 29 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: Governor Greg Gianforte today cut the ribbon on the expansion of Hybrid Steel Design's facility in Fort Benton and celebrated the company's growing investment in Montana's economy. "Since taking office, our focus has been on creating an environment that supports innovation and job creation in Montana," Gov. Gianforte said. "It's great to see businesses like Hybrid Steel Design a  more

HELENA, Montana, Feb. 28 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Feb. 26, 2024: Governor Greg Gianforte and Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) Director Charlie Brereton today announced an expansion of behavioral health services for Montanans. The announcement comes after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved a waiver sought by DPHHS to provide three new Medicaid funded services as part of the state's Healing and Ending  more

HELENA, Montana, March 1 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Today, Tim Sheehy filed for office in Helena and made it official: The Montana Republican Party's candidate is a scandal-plagued, rich out-of-stater who Montana voters are going to reject in November. Rosendale may be out of the race, but the damage to Sheehy has already been done. Sheehy is fundamentally unelectable in Montana, thanks to his very recent move to the state, his exaggerat  more

HELENA, Montana, March 2 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: A new editorial in The Daily Montanan excoriated Senator Steve Daines for his spineless political views, described as, "both hard right and yet extremely malleable, based on whatever direction the political winds blow." Well, the political winds are howling after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled last week that frozen embryos created through invitro fertilization are children. Daines and the NRSC are now   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. 27 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the State of Montana in Held v. Montana. The brief, led by the State of North Dakota, supports Montana's position in an appeal over judicial overreach from a question of environmental policy set by the state legislature. The case involves a challenge to a Montana law that bans state entities from "considering the impacts o  more