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State Tipoffs Involving Montana Newsletter for Sunday June 30, 2024 ( 16 items )  

Attorney General Bonta Leads 20 Attorneys General in Support of Increased Health Care Protections for Marginalized Communities
OAKLAND, California, June 29 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: California Attorney General Rob Bonta led 20 attorneys general in filing a multistate amicus brief in States of Texas and Montana v. Becerra et al., opposing the State of Texas and Montana's motion for a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, and stay of agency action against the Biden administration's 2024 Final Rule implementing Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affo  more

Busse, Graybill Slam Governor Gianforte's Extreme, Anti-Freedom Administration on KGEZ
HELENA, Montana, June 27 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Democratic candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, Ryan Busse and Raph Graybill, spoke with Kalispell's KGEZ Radio this week to remind listeners about Governor Greg Gianforte's dangerous, anti-freedom agenda and his commitment to stripping away a woman's constitutional right to privacy and reproductive freedom. In the interview with John Hendricks and Robin Mitchell on The Good Morning Show, Bu  more

FICO Kicks Off National 'Fields of Financial Empowerment' Summer Tour With Chelsea Football Club, U.S. Soccer Foundation
BOZEMAN, Montana, June 27 -- FICO, an analytics software company, issued the following news: FICO, a leading software analytics software company, is teaming up with Chelsea Football Club (FC) and U.S. Soccer Foundation again this year to launch the next phase of their partnership to empower consumers through access to financial education at all stops of Chelsea FC's pre-season tour. New this year, FICO is expanding its partnership with Chelsea FC to include the sponsorship of the women's team i  more

FICO's Scott Zoldi Honored as an American Banker 2024 Innovator of Year
BOZEMAN, Montana, June 28 -- FICO, an analytics software company, issued the following news on June 27, 2024: Global analytics software leader FICO today announced its Chief Analytics Officer, Dr. Scott Zoldi, has been named to the list of American Banker's 2024 Innovators of the Year. American Banker's Innovators of the Year award honors exceptional industry leaders who are spearheading innovation across banking and financial technology, setting the course for the industry's future. The indiv  more

Greg Gianforte and Ryan Zinke Continue Their Silence as Rosendale Attacks IVF
HELENA, Montana, June 29 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Congressman Matt Rosendale is doubling down on his anti-in vitro fertilization (IVF) attacks by hanging posters outside his Washington office that read "IVF Destroys More Life Than Planned Parenthood". Rosendale's ongoing assault on Montanans' reproductive health care leaves voters demanding answers: why do Greg Gianforte and Ryan Zinke continue to remain silent as Rosendale launches another attack on IV  more

How Tim Sheehy Worked the System to Reduce Property Taxes on His Big Sky Vacation Mansion
HELENA, Montana, June 29 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: As property taxes for hardworking Montanans shoot up, multimillionaire Tim Sheehy is working the system to bring his property taxes down by tens of thousands of dollars. Reporting revealed that Sheehy used a company employee to successfully appeal and lower his Big Sky vacation mansion's valuation by $2 million, saving himself tens of thousands of dollars in property taxes. Last year, Daily Montanan re  more

ICYMI: Sheehy Lowered His Property Taxes By "Tens of Thousands of Dollars"
HELENA, Montana, June 28 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: While Montanans' property taxes skyrocket, multimillionaire Tim Sheehy used a company employee to lower his Big Sky vacation mansion's property valuation by $2 million, saving himself tens of thousands in property taxes. New reporting yesterday revealed how Sheehy filed "a successful appeal of the valuation of his multimillion-dollar vacation property in Big Sky, saving tens of thousands of dollars" and  more

MDP Statement on Tim Sheehy's Property Tax Reduction on Big Sky Mansion
HELENA, Montana, June 27 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following statement on June 26, 2024: * * * New reporting uncovered how multimillionaire transplant Tim Sheehy worked the system to lower property taxes on his Big Sky vacation mansion. Sheila Hogan, executive director of the Montana Democratic Party, released the following statement on Sheehy's property tax reduction: "While Montana families' property taxes are going up, Tim Sheehy got his property taxes on his Big Sky vacat  more

Mont. Gov. Gianforte Invests $15.8 Million to Increase Community-Based Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Care
HELENA, Montana, June 26 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on June 24, 2024: Governor Greg Gianforte today announced a $15.8 million investment in one-time grants to increase bed capacity for community-based residential providers offering behavioral health care or developmental disability services to Montanans. As recommended by the Behavioral Health System for Future Generations (BHSFG) Commission, the investment represents the next allocation of $300 millio  more

Mont. Gov. Gianforte: Montana's Unemployment Remains Near Historic Low in May
HELENA, Montana, June 26 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: Governor Greg Gianforte today announced that Montana's unemployment rate remained at 3.1% in May, near the historic, all-time low of 2.3%. Montana's unemployment rate remains nearly one percent below the national rate of 4%. "Even in the face of Joe Biden's affordability crisis, Montanans continue to work hard to earn a living, own or rent a home, raise their family, and achieve t  more

NEW OP-ED: "Sheehy is a Threat to Montanans' Reproductive Rights"
HELENA, Montana, June 26 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: In a new op-ed, Helen Weems, the director of All Families Healthcare, one of only five clinics in Montana that provides abortion access, wrote about the threat out-of-stater Tim Sheehy poses to Montanans' reproductive freedoms. From supporting a national abortion ban to refusing to back federal protections for IVF treatment, Sheehy has made it clear that he will strip away Montanans' rights. Read more   more

NEW: Sheehy "Saved Big" On Luxury Vacation Property Taxes
HELENA, Montana, June 27 (TNSres) -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Damning new reporting from the Montana Independent outlined how multimillionaire Tim Sheehy saved big on his property taxes, while hardworking Montanans' property taxes soared. Last year, Sheehy - with the help of one of his business associates - filed a "successful appeal of the valuation of his multimillion-dollar vacation property in Big Sky, saving tens of thousands of dollars" and reducing  more

On the Two-Year Anniversary of the Overturning of Roe V. Wade, Local Leaders Made Clear the Stakes of This Election
HELENA, Montana, June 25 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release on June 24, 2024: Today, on the two year anniversary of the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, Montanans called out Tim Sheehy for his support of a national abortion ban and laid out the stakes of this election for Montana women. Planned Parenthood Advocates of Montana CEO Martha Fuller, Representative Laura Smith (HD-79), and former State Senator Diane Sands outlined Sheehy's determination to s  more

One Year Since Tim Sheehy's Campaign Launch: Lies, Conflicts of Interest, and Self-Enrichment Dominate Headlines
HELENA, Montana, June 28 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Happy one year anniversary to multimillionaire out-of-stater Tim Sheehy's U.S. Senate campaign! In the year since Sheehy announced his run, Montanans have learned the truth about him: he's a liar, mired in conflicts of interest, who is only running for the Senate to enrich himself. Since running for office, Sheehy has seen nothing but bad headlines that show how out of step he is with Montanans. SHEEHY  more

OPI Scorched By Republican Lawmakers for Mismanaging Program to Boost Starting Teacher Pay, Address High Turnover and Shortages
HELENA, Montana, June 24 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release dated June 21, 2024: The Montana Office of Public Instruction (OPI) is under fire again this week, after lawmakers slammed OPI leadership during an interim budget committee meeting for mismanaging a program designed to increase starting teacher pay while addressing the state's new teacher retention problem. Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen's poor leadership was called out by fellow Repu  more

SUPERINTENDENT DEGENFELDER JOINS STATE SUPERINTENDENTS IN WASHINGTON D.C. TO OPPOSE BIDEN'S TITLE IX RULE CHANGE
CHEYENNE, Wyoming, June 25 -- The Wyoming Department of Education issued the following news release: On Thursday, June 20, Superintendent Megan Degenfelder joined her counterparts from several states including Florida, Louisiana, and Montana, at an event in Washington D.C. to oppose the Biden Administration's new Title IX rules. The Heritage Foundation organized the group of state education officials, state attorneys general and solicitors general, parental rights advocates, and student-athlete  more