The United States is a big player in the global arms trade, and nationwide, Montana is pretty into the gun business, it has the highest number of licensed gun manufacturers per capita of any state. But not very many Montana guns are sold overseas. Montana’s Senators Jon Tester and Steve Daines are trying to change […]
MISSOULA, Mont. – We’ve been reporting for over a year about the state of veterans’ health care in Montana. Now a new bill in the U.S. Senate may bring more help for veterans. The bipartisan measure, presented by U.S. Sen. Jon Tester (D-Montana), is called the VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act. In April President […]
Some politicians like to talk about improving forest management, but few actually try to do anything about it. Frankly, it appears that some want gridlock to continue so they can keep scoring political points. U.S. Sen. Jon Tester is different and so is his bill, the Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act. This bill would support forest […]
BIG SANDY, Mont. — When Sen. Jon Tester was 9 years old, he had a job: take meat from cows slaughtered on his family’s farm and feed it into the steel maw of a meat grinder. The motor took it from there, pushing the beef through four spinning blades and then squeezing it, like toothpaste, […]
Montana Sen. Jon Tester is commended for proposing a permanent ban on new mining claims on public land near Yellowstone National Park. If passed, the measure would prohibit claims on two pieces of Forest Service land in Paradise Valley south of Livingston. This proposed ban recognizes the special nature of Yellowstone Park and the surrounding […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate’s only active farmer today joined Republicans and Democrats to confirm President Trump’s Agriculture Secretary nominee, Gov. Sonny Perdue. Sen. Jon Tester endorsed Perdue on the Senate floor prior to the vote. Tester told his colleagues he will hold the former governor of Georgia accountable to rural Montana families and encourage […]
Thanks to Jon’s hard work across the aisle, Congress began to fix the Veterans’ Choice Program. Veterans deserve the very best healthcare. They should have access to all the benefits they’ve earned throughout their years of service. And Jon is committed to making sure they get it. Support Jon’s efforts to support veterans. Add your […]
President Donald Trump today signed into law U.S. Sen. Jon Tester’s bipartisan legislation to begin to improve the Veterans Choice Program in Montana. Tester’s Veterans Choice Program Improvement Act cuts red tape for veterans seeking health care closer to home by making the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs the primary payer under the Choice Program, […]
Back in 2012, Montanans voted overwhelmingly (75%) that corporations should not be able to spend hand-over-fist to tip elections in their favor. It was a continuation of a Montana tradition that began a hundred years ago, when the Copper Kings tried to buy elections for their friends and allies. But ever since Citizens United said […]
