Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture will invest $420 million in 132 infrastructure projects in 31 states, including a $330,000 investment in six projects in Montana. These projects include rehabilitating dams, flood prevention, and watershed restoration projects, and they are part of the implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), building

As a part of the bipartisan infrastructure law, U.S. Senator Jon Tester today announced that he secured more than $30 million for Montana rural and urban public transit. Earlier this year, Tester announced $11 million in partial-year transit funding for Montana - this new figure represents the total amount for Fiscal Year 2022 designated for Montana public transportation in the infrastructure package.

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen has joined a lawsuit against the Biden administration to block it from rescinding the Title 42 public health policy during the worst border crisis in decades. The lawsuit asks the court to move swiftly to keep the policy in place and prevent the influx of illegal border crossings that will result if it is lifted next month. A deepened crisis at the border

Average gasoline prices in Montana have risen 5.0 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.08/g on Monday, April 25, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 615 stations in Montana. Prices in Montana are 1.4 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand $1.29/g higher than a year ago. According to GasBuddy price reports, the cheapest station in Montana was priced at $3.82/g on Sunday,

Following a lawsuit brought by Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and other state attorneys general, a federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order that prevents the Biden administration from lifting the Title 42 policy that allows border officials to turn away migrants to prevent the spread of communicable diseases. Knudsen issued the following statement in response: “Lifting

investment last year in substance abuse prevention and treatment programs through the HEART Fund. Rather than create bigger government, we designed the program to be community-led, because communities know their local needs best,” Gianforte said. “With these eight grants, the state is partnering with tribal nations to close gaps in treatment and prevention and help those combating addiction regain

On Tuesday, April 19, the Montana Department of Livestock received confirmation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in a Glacier County flock. This is the fourth Montana flock confirmed infected and is part of a wave of HPAI infections in the United States that it linked to seasonal migrations of wild birds. Previous detections in domestic poultry in Montana this year were in Judith Basin,