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WASHINGTON — The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Monday Milk Loss Program assistance for eligible dairy operations for milk that was dumped or removed, without compensation, from the commercial milk market due to qualifying weather events and the consequences of those weather events that inhibited delivery or storage of milk (e.g., power outages, impassable roads, infrastructure losses, etc.) during calendar years 2020, 2021 and 2022. Administered by the Farm Service Agency, signup for MLP began Monday, Sep...
Press release WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jon Tester’s Defending Hunters Education Act, legislation that would force the Biden Administration to reverse course on their decision to prohibit the use of federal funds for school archery and hunting education classes, is gaining significant bipartisan momentum with Republican and Democratic Senators signing on as bipartisan co-sponsors of the bill. U.S. Senators Susan Collins, R-Maine, Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Bob Casey, D-Pa., have announced they are co-sponsoring Tes...
Today, VA announced that veterans and survivors who apply, or submit their intent to file, for PACT Act benefits by 9:59 p.m. Mountain Time Monday, August 14, 2023, will be eligible to have their benefits backdated to August 10, 2022 – the day that President Joe Biden signed the PACT Act into law. This is an extension from the original deadline of August 9, 2023. We encourage all veterans and their survivors to apply - or submit their intent to file - for PACT Act benefits now...
The Associated Press Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu made his first public appearance since a mercenary uprising demanded his ouster, inspecting troops in Ukraine in a video released today aimed at projecting a sense of order after the country's most serious political crisis in decades. But uncertainty still swirled about his fate, that of rebellion leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his private army, the impact on the war in Ukraine, and even the political future of Presiden...
Emily Wang Fujiyama Associated Press BEIJING — China accused the United States today of indiscriminate use of force in shooting down a suspected Chinese spy balloon, saying it “seriously impacted and damaged both sides’ efforts and progress in stabilizing Sino-U.S. relations.” The U.S. shot down the balloon off the Carolina coast after it traversed sensitive military sites across North America including flying over Montana. China insisted the flyover was an accident involving a civilian aircraft. Vice Foreign Ministe...
USDA The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Jan. 20 the partner organizations that farmers can contact to learn more about transitioning to organic. These organizations are also entry points for existing organic farmers wanting to serve as paid mentors to help establish the next generation of organic farmers. This work is part of the Organic Transition Initiative, which supports transitioning and recently transitioned producers who face technical, cultural, and market shifts during the transition period and the first...
USDA WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday the details of additional assistance for dairy producers, including a second round of payments through the Pandemic Market Volatility Assistance Program — PMVAP — and a new Organic Dairy Marketing Assistance Program — ODMAP. The update to PMVAP and the new ODMAP will enable USDA to better support small- and medium-sized dairy operations who weathered the pandemic and now face other challenges. “The Biden-Harris administration continues to fulfill its commit...
USDA WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is reminding specialty crop producers of available assistance to help cover certain costs of complying with regulatory and market-driven food safety certification requirements. Applications for the Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crops — FSCSC — program for eligible 2022 costs are due by Jan. 31, 2023. USDA’s Farm Service Agency will accept applications for 2023 costs from Feb. 1, 2023, to Jan. 31, 2024. FSA is making available up to $200 million through the FSC...
Zeke Miller and Michael Balsamo Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden acknowledged today that a document with classified markings from his time as vice president was found in his “personal library” at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, along with other documents found in his garage, days after it was disclosed that sensitive documents were also found at the office of his former institute in Washington. Biden told reporters at the White House that he was “cooperating fully and completely” with a Justice Departmen...
BERNARD McGHEE Associated Press One would have to go back hundreds of years to find a monarch who reigned longer than Queen Elizabeth II. In her 70 years on the throne, she helped modernize the monarchy across decades of enormous social change, royal marriages and births, and family scandals. For most Britons, she was the only monarch they had ever known. Her death in September was arguably the most high-profile death this year, prompting a collective outpouring of grief and respect for her steady leadership as well as some c...
Justin Franz Montana Free Press The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to force four railroad unions to accept the terms of a labor contract their members had previously rejected, preventing a possible strike that would have brought freight and passenger trains to a halt across the nation as early as next week. It was the first time in 30 years that the federal government wielded the power to prevent railroad strikes given to it by the Railway Labor Act of 1926. The vote brought to an end a months-long standoff between labor and...
Jason Dearen and Michael Rezendes Associated Press It was a frigid Sunday evening at the Catholic Newman Center in Salt Lake City when the priest warned parishioners who had gathered after Mass that their right to private confessions was in jeopardy. A new law would break that sacred bond, the priest said, and directed the parishioners to sign a one-page form letter on their way out. “I/We Oppose HB90,” began the letter, stacked next to pre-addressed envelopes. “HB90 is an improper interference of the government into the p...
Amanda Seitz Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Biden administration hopes to make getting a COVID-19 booster as routine as going in for the yearly flu shot. That’s at the heart of its campaign to sell the newly authorized shot to an American public that has widely rejected COVID-19 boosters since they first became available last fall. Shots of the updated boosters, specifically designed by Pfizer and Moderna to respond to the omicron strain, could start within days. The U.S. government has purchased 170 million doses and is...
by Eric Tucker Associated Press WASHINGTON - A newly released FBI document helps flesh out the contours of an investigation into classified material at former President Donald Trump's Florida estate. But plenty of questions remain, especially because half the affidavit, which spelled out the FBI's rationale for searching the property, was blacked out. That document, which the FBI submitted so it could get a warrant to search Trump's winter home, provides new details about the...
ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON — Fourteen of the 15 boxes recovered from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate early this year contained documents with classification markings, including at the top secret level, according to an FBI affidavit released today explaining the justification for this month's search of the property. The 32-page affidavit, even in its heavily redacted form, offers the most detailed description to date of the government records being stored at Trump's Mar-a-Lago property long after h...
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 40 million Americans could see their student loan debt reduced — and in many cases eliminated — under the long-awaited forgiveness plan President Joe Biden announced Wednesday, a historic but politically divisive move in the run-up to the midterm elections. Fulfilling a campaign promise, Biden is erasing $10,000 in federal student loan debt for those with incomes below $125,000 a year, or households that earn less than $250,000. He’s canceling an additional $10,000 for those who received federal...
Cheryl Lynn Barber of Chinook, 53, passed away peacefully December 26, 2021. She was born February 10, 1968, in Havre to Paul Dannels and Carol Upshaw. Early in life, her family moved to Chinook, where she attended school, graduating as a Sugarbeeter from Chinook High. In 1988, she was married to Bill Barber and they were blessed with three children, Casey, Katey, and Cody. Cheryl's life was enriched with the welcoming of her three children, all of whom she adored and was bles... Full story
Pro-Trump protesters have stormed the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. interrupting a congressional hearing to confirm the electoral college's votes in the 2020 General Election that resulted President-elect Joe Biden's victory. The protesters breached barricades, forcing lawmakers to be evacuated from the building for their safety. The National Guard has been activated and there are reports of one woman having been shot, though no further details on the incident have been released. 12 U.S. Senators including Steve...
Democratic former Vice President Joe Biden is projected to have won the 2020 U.S. presidential election. With Pennsylvania called for Biden, he had 273 votes in the Electoral College, with 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the race. With the count by The Associated Press count so far, Republican President Donald Trump has 214 Electoral College votes. The Associated Press called Arizona for Biden early, with most media outlets still waiting to call that race. After...
IF YOUR TIME IS SHORT -- The Montana Senate race will help determine whether Democrats or Republicans control the Senate. -- Republican groups have attacked Bullock over his support of a public option healthcare plan and criticized his actions after a former aide was accused of sexual harassment. -- Democratic groups have attacked Daines for giving tax cuts to big drug companies and corporations. Montana Sen. Steve Daines, a Republican and close ally of President Donald Trump, was supposed to coast to re-election in a state...
Note: This is from the office of U.S. Sen. Jon Tester U.S. Sen. Jon Tester released Monday a statement as Amtrak’s cuts in service to the Empire Builder line, which crosses the entire state of Montana along the Hi-Line, go into effect. Those cuts reduce the number of trains running along the route from seven days a week to three. “I’ve been sounding the alarm for months that this reduction in service will be devastating to Hi-Line communities, economies, and families who use the train to visit family across the count...
Montana's U.S. senators both said the latest version of a bill to add funds to protect small business payrolls passed the Senate this afternoon. Sen. Steve Daines R-Mont., held a press conference call this afternoon and announced the Paycheck Protection Program passed in the Senate. "Literally minutes ago, the U.S. Senate passed a very important package of over $480 billion additional relief," he said. He said this package includes $25 billion for testing and Montana will be... Full story
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a package intended to provide aid for states, businesses and people struggling with the impacts of novel coronavirus 2019 and the disease it causes, COVID-19. The Senate unanimously passed the bill Wednesday. The record $2 trillion aid package now goes to the president for his signature. Watch for more in Monday's edition of the Havre Daily News.... Full story
Montana's U.S. senators praised the Senate Wednesday unanimously passing a novel coronavirus 2019 aid package that the U.S. House is expected to vote on Friday. "It's good to see the United States Senate pass a piece of legislation, this recovery package, with strong bipartisan vote. It's going to bring relief to workers, working families and small business across Montana." Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., said. "I've spent a lot of time speaking with countless Montanans over the... Full story
Inspector General of Social Security Gail S. Ennis is warning the public about fraudulent letters threatening suspension of Social Security benefits due to COVID-19 or coronavirus-related office closures. The Social Security Administration will not suspend or discontinue benefits because their offices are closed. The Social Security Office of the Inspector General has received reports that Social Security beneficiaries have received letters through the U.S. Mail stating their payments will be suspended or discontinued unless... Full story
