A bill that would open the American Indian tuition waiver to Montana tribal descendants failed last week on the Senate floor after a split 25-25 vote. House Bill 288, sponsored by Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, was initially brought to revise the current American Indian tuition waiver to include any descendants of the 500-plus federally recognized tribes in the United States. The bill

Continuing his efforts to lower costs for Montanans and bolster education opportunities for rural communities, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., introduced bipartisan legislation to make sure farm families aren’t paying higher costs to send their kids to college. “As a third-generation farmer, I know firsthand that onesizes- fits-all policies from Washington don’t work for Montana’s family