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With Congress passing a bill, and President Barack Obama signing it into law, to reopen government and raise the federal debt ceiling, local federal operations should be moving back toward normal, although offices still seemed to be closed in the region this morning. The members of Montana’s congressional delegation all praised the reopening of the government and preventing a default on U.S. debt payments, although freshman Rep. Steve Daines, R-Mont., who voted for the bill, decried it as a lost opportunity. After 16 days o... Full story
HELENA (AP) — U.S. Rep. Steve Daines' new fundraising totals show he has more than $1 million on hand as he considers a run for the U.S. Senate. Daines' totals released Tuesday for the most recent quarter show he has taken in $640,000 as interest has grown in his possible Senate candidacy. So far he has spent little of the money. The Republican has said he is considering running for the first open Senate seat in the state since the 1970s. U.S. Sen. Max Baucus has announced he is retiring at the end of 2014. Republicans e... Full story
HELENA (AP) — Republican state legislator Matt Rosendale says his campaign for the U.S. House will champion conservative ideals. Rosendale announced Tuesday that he will be running for the U.S. House after also first considering a U.S. Senate run. Republicans expect current U.S. Rep. Steve Daines to run for the Senate seat being vacated by Max Baucus in 2014. The race for the Republican nomination in the House could be crowded. Former state Sen. Corey Stapleton of Billings is already running and others are considering it. R... Full story
HELENA — Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Daines said Tuesday that he is not interested in talking about continued funding for the federal government until Democrats agree to talk about spending cuts. U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, in an interview, countered that Daines and other House Republicans need to pass the funding resolution that is before the chamber and stop trying to make hostages of federal programs. The partial government shutdown is in its eighth day with little or no talk of a... Full story
HELENA — Montana Lt. Gov. John Walsh said today he will run for the U.S. Senate in 2014, giving Democrats the high-profile candidate they've been scrambling for in a bid to keep the seat they've held for decades. Walsh told supporters this morning with a video message that he will run for the office that has been the focus of a great deal of speculation since Sen. Max Baucus announced earlier this year that he will retire at the end of 2014. The announcement said the 52-year-o... Full story
HELENA (AP) — Montana Lt. Gov. John Walsh will run for the U.S. Senate in 2014, his campaign said Thursday, giving Democrats the high-profile candidate they've been scrambling for in a bid to keep the seat they've held for decades. Walsh plans to tell supporters Thursday morning that he will run for the office that has been the focus of a great deal of speculation since Sen. Max Baucus announced earlier this year that he will retire at the end of 2014. An advance copy of the announcement provided to The Associated Press s... Full story
There’s no question Montana’s public lands are great for business. In fact, our outdoor lifestyle is one of the top reasons most businesses are in Montana. The work we do, the products we manufacture and the services we provide are invaluable to our economy. And the value of our public lands is priceless. You can’t put a price on taking a fly rod to the river during the lunch hour. Nothing matches being able to unwind in the wilderness over a weekend. Innovators that create jobs understand this, and they want to take advan... Full story
The Little Shell tribe has a long, interesting history in Montana that is an important part of the state’s lore. Under the most difficult of times, the tribe has managed to keep its culture alive and thriving. Tribal members are leaders in their own community and in the mainstream communities of Montana. The members largely live in Montana, especially in Great Falls and on the Hi-Line. It was surprising and appalling that the Interior Department in 2009 rejected the tribe’s application for federal recognition. The dep... Full story
With the U.S. Congress playing a “game of chicken” over cutting out the funding for the health care reform act, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont, said the lawmakers now should be looking at ways to improve what he called a good bill, instead of taking more than 40 votes to repeal or defund it. The U.S. Senate is expected this afternoon to pass a bill to keep government running after next Tuesday that strips away a House of Representatives requirement to defund Obamacare, the health care reform act Congress approved in 2010. Tes... Full story
Three potential Democratic candidates to fill the seat being vacated by U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., spoke at the Hill County Democrats annual fundraiser Friday, although only one spoke as an actual candidate. Dirk Adams, who ranches north of Livingston in Park County outside the town of Wilsall, has announced his attention to run for Baucus’ seat. Baucus, who started his career in the Senate in 1978 after previously serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and in the Montana Legislature, announced in March he would not... Full story
State Sen. Greg Jergeson — now D-Havre — announced at the Pasma Peck Hill County Democrat fundraising dinner tonight he now has a Havre address and will run for the Montana Senate in 2014. Jergeson said his new address has a couple of added benefits. “This November I get to vote for Tim Solomon for mayor,” he said was one. The other was, if he wins his election bid, “I will end up with one (U.S. Sen.) Jon Tester as one of my constituents,” he said. After terming out of the Senate after 22 years of service early last decade, t... Full story
Montana State University’s technical college will soon be changed for the better after receiving their $1.7 million grant. The university’s portion of the $24.98 million is part of the $474.5 million grants awarded by the Obama administration to colleges around the country to “expand demand-driven skills training and strengthen employer partnerships,” according to a U.S. Department of Labor press release Greg Kegel, the dean of MSU-Northern’s Department of Technical Sciences, said the grant is going to bring big changes t... Full story
Some top-level state Democrats are joining Hill County party members and local candidates in their annual fundraiser, set for Friday during Festival Days. Lt. Gov. John Walsh, two-term former Lt. Gov. John Bohlinger and Park County rancher Dirk Adams, who has declared his intent to file as a Democratic candidate in next year’s 2014 U.S. Senate election, are expected to attend the annual Pasma-Peck Dinner, set to start at the Havre Eagles Club with a cocktail hour at 5 p.m. and a prime rib dinner at 6 p.m. Local candidates a... Full story
Montana State University-Northern will receive a $1.7 million grant to help training people for full-time jobs. The Northern grant is part of a $25 million grant given to colleges around the state. The goal of this, according to a press release, is to “train more than 9,000 Montanans to fill good-paying jobs in the rapidly growing advanced manufacturing and energy industries. “The energy boom in eastern Montana is rapidly creating new job opportunities across our state, and this grant will make sure Montana workers have the... Full story
HELENA (AP) — Former Montana Gov. Marc Racicot says he will not run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Max Baucus. The Republican said Monday said he has been discussing the idea with supporters over the past few months, but ultimately decided against running. Racicot said that he is encouraging U.S. Rep. Steve Daines to run for Montana's first open Senate seat since the 1970s. Racicot said he thinks Daines would "represent Montana exceptionally well." Daines has said he is considering a race that so far has no a... Full story
BUTTE (AP) — U.S. Sen. Max Baucus said Monday that his effort to revamp the tax code helped attract some of the business world's biggest names to Montana for a jobs conference that touched on taxes, energy development and many other issues. Baucus opened the Montana Jobs Summit in Butte — an old mining town almost a century removed from its heyday — with the leaders of companies such as Google Inc., Facebook, Ford Motor Co., FedEx Corp., The Boeing Co. and others. Several thousand business people, politicians, acade... Full story
HELENA (AP) — Butte, a mining town almost a century removed from its heyday, is the unlikely landing spot this week for some of the business world's biggest names. Google's Eric Schmidt and Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg will be joined by CEOs from companies like Ford, Boeing, Delta Airlines, FedEx, electric super car-maker Tesla, ConocoPhillips and Hewlett-Packard. The glittering luminaries, drawn by the invitation of retiring Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, will be joined by other business leaders in an e... Full story
HELENA (AP) — U.S. Sen. Jon Tester says that he opposes a military strike in Syria. The Obama administration had asked Congress to vote for military action against Syria to destroy its chemical weapons. In recent days, though, focus has shifted to diplomatic efforts where Syria possibly could turn over its stockpile. Tester said Thursday in a statement that he has been listening to Montanans and is "convinced a military strike at this time will only make the situation worse." The Democrat says the best solution is p... Full story
Montana’s senior U.S. senator is bringing an impressive list of top business leaders to his sixth Montana economic development summit and is urging people to sign up before space runs out at the free two-day event. “For two days we’ll transform Butte, Mont., into the capital of the international business world,” Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., said in a release announcing speakers and panelists at the Sept. 16-17 event. Along with speakers from some of the biggest and most powerful groups in industry, Baucus has lined up panel d... Full story
HELENA (AP) — Former state legislator Corey Stapleton says he will be running for the U.S. House instead of the Senate. The Republican said Tuesday he will defer to Congressman Steve Daines, who many expect to run for the Senate seat being vacated by Max Baucus. Stapleton said it is clear that Daines will run for the Senate seat. A Daines spokesman said Tuesday that no decision has been made. Baucus' retirement early this year set off a scramble to fill primaries for potentially two open congressional seats. Stapleton c... Full story
Montana's representatives in Congress praised President Barack Obama for seeking congressional approval before taking actions in Syria. But all three were reluctant to say how they will vote when the measure to back limited strikes against Syria comes before them. Obama Saturday made a forceful argument for limited strikes against the Syrian government for its use of chemical weapons, but said he would seek the OK of Congress before launching the strikes. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., said he was "carefully reviewing all... Full story
Montana's representatives in Congress praised President Barack Obama for seeking congressional approval before taking actions in Syria. But all three were reluctant to say how they will vote when the measure to back limited strikes against Syria comes before them. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., said he was "carefully reviewing all intelligence and talking to Montanans before making any decisions." He was critical of Assad, calling his actions "reprehensible," but was skeptical of any military intervention. Rep. Steve Daines,... Full story
HELENA (AP) — Democrat John Lewis has filed paperwork to enter the 2014 race for the Montana U.S. House seat held by Republican Steve Daines. Lewis earlier this month left his job as state director for U.S. Sen. Max Baucus. The Billings native is the first to formally file federal paperwork to run for the office. Republican Matt Rosendale has filed paperwork that leaves open the possibility of a House or Senate run. Baucus announced earlier this year he won't be seeking another term — and so far no Democrats have filed to... Full story
HELENA (AP) — A panel advising U.S. Sen. Max Baucus on his plan to rewrite the nation's tax code told him on Thursday that the government should maintain deductions that benefit the poor, small businesses, education, retirement savings and innovation. Baucus is working with the chairman of the House, Ways and Means committee, Republican Dave Camp of Michigan, on a plan to get rid of many tax credits, deductions and loopholes viewed as unproductive. They also want to reduce tax rates. Baucus said he hopes the effort will resul... Full story
I take care of patients whose kidneys do not work. As a result, they rely on a dialysis machine to clean their blood. The treatments they receive three times a week for four hours at a time help them stay healthy. Because of the care they receive, they are able to have careers and enjoy time with family. Now, these lifesaving treatments are being threatened. Recent cuts to Medicare proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would cut reimbursement for dialysis by over 9 percent. Kidney failure patients, like... Full story
