BISMARCK, North Dakota, Oct. 6 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news on Oct. 5, 2022: North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum announced today he has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the governors of Minnesota, Montana and Wisconsin to develop a regional clean hydrogen hub to help meet the nation's clean energy, transportation and agricultural needs. Under the MOU, the four states agree to develop a proposal for a Heartland Hydrogen Hub, with the goal of obtaining   more

WOOSTER, Ohio, Oct. 4 (TNSper) -- The College of Wooster issued the following news: The College of Wooster welcomes seven new members to the Alumni Board this fall including Zuri Baron '12, TeQuion Brookins '12, Dan Griffis '94, Peter Jeffy '14, Matt Long '05, Bria Price '14, and Ali Sloan '09. The Alumni Board is an advisory organization that leads the Alumni Association, plans programs for students and alumni, and supports the College's advancement and development missions. Living in Bozeman  more

HELENA, Montana, Oct. 7 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: With absentee ballots dropping next week, we thought it high time to remind voters the types of Republican Legislative Candidates they'll be seeing on their ballots this year. Alden Tonkay (HD 82) - According to a Commissioner of Political Practices (COPP) complaint filed by a local Helena Business, Tonkay wrote a bad $1,565 check to pay for printed materials in May. The check bounced for "Not Sufficient  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 5 -- Gov. Tony Evers, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: Gov. Tony Evers today announced he has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the governors of Minnesota, Montana, and North Dakota to develop a regional clean hydrogen hub, which will work to identify opportunities for advancing clean hydrogen production and use in the region. "Clean hydrogen has the potential to play a key role in our clean energy efforts here in Wisconsin and across the   more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Oct. 6 -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, issued the following news on Oct. 5, 2022: Governor Tim Walz announced today that he has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the governors of North Dakota, Montana, and Wisconsin to develop a regional clean hydrogen hub to help meet the nation's clean energy, transportation, and agricultural needs. "Minnesota is working to expand our clean energy economy and meet the changing needs of industries across our state with innova  more

BUTTE, Montana, Oct. 5 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2022: At a roundtable today in Butte, Governor Greg Gianforte praised the work and leadership of the Butte community fentanyl action team to combat the fentanyl crisis. "We're losing lives at the hands of fentanyl, and Butte is really leading the fight against fentanyl at the community level, serving as a model for communities across Montana," Governor Gianforte said. "They're stepping up to   more

KALISPELL, Montana, Oct. 7 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Oct. 6, 2022: Governor Greg Gianforte today held a press conference to announce his plans to cut taxes for Montana's small businesses, farmers, and ranchers. The governor unveiled his plan to reform the business equipment tax in the 2023 Legislative Session, building on the tax reforms and cuts enacted in 2021. "Taxing critical business equipment makes it harder to grow a small business and is a   more

HELENA, Montana, Sept. 30 -- Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued the following news release: The state Department of Justice's Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) will be sending restitution checks totaling $96,258 to more than 350 people who were deceived by operators of an alleged tech support scheme. The money was relinquished by a Butte man who assisted scammers in India. It is the first settlement of its kind for the Department of Justice. An OCP investigation identified at lea  more

HELENA, Montana, Oct. 4 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: At Thursday night's Western District candidate forum hosted by MTPR and Lee News, Montanans got to hear Ryan Zinke defend his track record of lies and scandals for the first time in nearly two months, after skipping the last 10 debates. Right off the bat, Ryan Zinke lied once more. He attempted to defend himself about the 18 federal ethics investigations opened about his scandal-plagued tenure at the Dep  more

HELENA, Montana, Oct. 7 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Montana's Eastern Congressional District is shaping up to be a race between candidates who will bow down to state and D.C. party leadership and a candidate who is willing to stand up to party leadership and deliver for Montanans. Rep. Rosendale, the Republican in the race, has time and again put national politics ahead of Montana, ignoring the will of his constituents in order to appease hardline D.C. po  more

HELENA, Montana, Oct. 5 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: Rosendale, one of the most hardline Republican members of the U.S. House, voted last week against expanding school mental health services, despite the fact that one in five Montana children has seriously considered suicide, while 2 in 5 are showing symptoms of depression. It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone following along with his record. He has consistently taken NO votes on common sense, bipartisan l  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: A program at Montana State University that researches and develops foundation seed varieties for the state's agricultural producers has a new name. An extension of the crop breeding programs in the Department of Plant Sciences and Plant Pathology, the Montana Foundation Seed Program's name is now officially the Montana State University Foundation Seed Program. The name change was approved unanimous  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Oct. 5 (TNSres) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: Faculty and students from Montana State University's Mark and Robyn Jones College of Nursing will collaborate on a newly-funded cancer care project aimed at providing easier access to cancer care for rural Montanans. The $1.9 million project is one of seven nationwide funded by the pharmaceutical company Merck's charitable arm, the Merck Foundation, in a $20 million initiative. While all seven of t  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Oct. 8 (TNSres) -- Montana State University issued the following news release: With significant growth in the number of companies as well as in wages and production output, Montana manufacturing has bounced back after the deep economic drop caused by COVID-19, according to a new report released by the Montana Manufacturing Extension Center at Montana State University. The 2022 Montana Manufacturing Report provides an overview of manufacturing in Montana within a national cont  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Oct. 5 (TNSconf) -- Montana State University issued the following news release on Oct. 4, 2022: Over two days in late summer 1859, Earth weathered the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history - an event that lit the skies with spectacular auroral lightshows from the poles down to the tropics and wreaked havoc on the telegraph equipment responsible for disseminating text communications of the day. That incident, known as the Carrington Event, was named for the amateu  more