Following an aggressive push, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., has announced he secured $5,159,810 in U.S. Department of Agriculture funding for the state of Montana and local school districts to ease supply chain disruptions and foot shortages brought on by the pandemic by providing flexibility to allow locally sourced food to be acquired for students. “No Montana student should ever go hungry,

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen and attorneys general from 23 other states filed a lawsuit last week to stop the Biden administration’s mandate for Head Start programs that children twoyears old and up wear masks and that all staff and volunteers receive a COVID-19 vaccination. The U.S. Health and Human Services Department is attempting to enforce these mandates via a “performance

frostbite and hypothermia, dress in warm layers, including a hat and gloves, when outside. Frostbite can occur on unprotected skin within 10 minutes in these conditions. If traveling, have a winter safety kit packed in your vehicle. Include things like a blanket, shovel, snow/ ice scraper, jumper cables, drinking water and a flashlight,” said Maliawco. He added that pipes may need special

MSU News Service Despite struggling with worker shortages, disrupted supply chains and increased shipping costs, Montana manufacturers fared relatively well during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic and could see a return to pre-pandemic activity this year, according to a new report released by the Montana Manufacturing Extension Center at Montana State University. The 2021 Montana

U.S. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., voted to advance major Montana priorities in the bipartisan defense bill, the “National Defense Authorization Act,” including a 2.7 percent pay raise for troops and support for Malmstrom Air Force Base and Montana’s National Guard. “This bipartisan defense bill gives our troops a much-deserved pay raise, supports Malmstrom and the Montana National Guard,