The thriving state of Montana’s outdoor economy was the talk of the town at the Last Best Outdoors Fest held Tuesday at The Coop in Columbia Falls. The celebration, hosted by Business for Montana’s Outdoors (BFMO) and the Montana Brewer’s Association, focused on celebrating the state’s booming outdoors industry with food, craft beer and music, […]
First, Betsy DeVos tried to withhold funds from the University of Montana because their application wasn’t double-spaced. Now, she’s trying to withhold vital funds from small, rural Montana schools because of more bureaucratic red tape. This is ridiculous. DeVos’s job is to make sure schools have the resources they need to make students successful. Demand […]
A group of high-tech business owners joined Montana Sen. Jon Tester on Thursday at the Bozeman Public Library to discuss how the state could continue to attract and retain high-paying jobs for the state. The forum, Tester said, was to hear from the technology community about issues important to them. The senator sat alongside a […]
You can’t fix a problem by pretending it doesn’t exist. Any farmer or rancher can tell you that climate change is a real thing. It’s affecting crops and herds. It’s affecting folks in communities ravaged by severe storms. And it’s affecting our economy. Congress needs to dig in, find solutions, and take action. That’s what […]
Lincoln, MT – U.S. Senator Jon Tester worked with Republicans and Democrats this week to pass seven bills through Senate. The seven bills, authored by Tester, help veterans get the care and benefits that they need, hire more firefighters to Montana, and help rural families connect with the world. All seven bills received unanimous support in […]
The Missoula Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic will get a little over $6.94 million in federal funding to triple in size and hire more staff if bipartisan legislation largely crafted by U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., is signed into law by President Donald Trump as expected. Late on Tuesday night, the U.S. Senate unanimously […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress sent President Donald Trump legislation to provide the biggest expansion of college aid for military veterans in a decade. The Senate cleared the bill by voice vote on Wednesday, passing the second piece of legislation aimed at addressing urgent problems at the beleaguered Department of Veterans Affairs in as many days. […]
For now, Sen. Jon Tester said, Montana veterans can celebrate. A suite of bills passed by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday night will inject needed funding into the struggling Choice Program and give the Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Missoula money to expand. The measures will also help the VA confront its growing patient backlog by addressing […]
BOZEMAN, Mont. – Bills that will impact veterans are making their way to the president’s desk. The U.S. Senate unanimously passed two of Sen. Jon Tester’s bills. The first will provide funds to build a new clinic in Missoula. NBC Montana spoke with the senator Tuesday night. Tester said their current Veterans Affairs clinic is […]
BILLINGS – Veterans who appeal their claims for disability benefits with the VA will see a faster response after the Senate unanimously passed a bill tackling the massive backlog of veterans’ appeals. Sen. Jon Tester’s (D – Montana) bipartisan VA reform bill will allow the VA to better address the more than 470,000 veterans who are […]
