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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Montana Newsletter for Sunday October 01, 2023 ( 4 items )  

CAIR Calls on Montana Office of Public Instruction to Drop Anti-Muslim Classroom Content Provider
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2023: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Montana Office of Public Instruction to reject partnership between the Islamophobic Prager University and Montana schools. In an update released on Sunday, PragerU announced that it is partnering with the Montana Office of Public Instructio  more

Conservation Groups File for Injunction to Halt Montana Wolf Trapping to Protect Grizzly Bears
MISSOULA, Montana, Sept. 26 -- WildEarth Guardians issued the following news release: Conservation groups moved on Friday to enjoin Montana's 2023 wolf trapping season on the grounds that the trapping harms federally-protected grizzly bears in the state. The groups, the Flathead-Lolo-Bitterroot Citizen Task Force and WildEarth Guardians, called for the preliminary injunction as part of a lawsuit against the State of Montana alleging that new trapping regulations, which expand wolf trapping in g  more

Credit Union Professionals to Participate in Third Year of Tristate Mentorship Match
ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Sept. 29 -- The Minnesota Credit Union Network issued the following news: 77 participants from three states were selected to participate in this year's Tristate Mentor Match - a 12-month formal mentorship program developed in partnership by the Minnesota Credit Union Network, Montana's Credit Unions and the Wisconsin Credit Union League. The program is designed to build, grow, and support professionals and inspire commitment to a career in the credit union movement. Now in   more

EMILYs List Endorses Monica Tranel for Montana's 1st Congressional District
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- EMILY's List issued the following statement on Sept. 27, 2023: * * * Today EMILYs List, the nation's largest resource for women in politics, endorsed Monica Tranel for election to Montana's 1st Congressional District. EMILYs List President Laphonza Butler released the following statement: "Montana's 1st Congressional District deserves better than an anti-choice representative who consistently votes with MAGA extremists to take away their rights. Monica Tranel has been  more