WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM announces April 2025 oil and gas lease sale in Montana and North Dakota BILLINGS, Mont. - The Bureau of Land Management Montana-Dakotas State Office today announced an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for April 29, 2025, to offer 11 oil and gas parcels totaling 4,266 acres in Montana and North Dakota. The BLM completed scoping on these parcels in October 2024 and  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 28, 2025, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Montana - 2024": * * * In 2024, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 5.8 percent in  more

HELENA, Montana, Feb. 27 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Gianforte Statement on House Passage of Permanent Property Tax Cut HELENA, Mont. - Governor Greg Gianforte today released the following statement in response to House legislators passing House Bill 231, the bipartisan Homestead Rate Cut bill that permanently cuts property tax rates for Montana homeowners, renters, and small businesses: "Property taxes are too high. We heard that loud  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending Feb. 22, 2025. * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending February 22, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 242,000, an increase of 22,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 219,000 to 220,000. The 4-week moving average was 224,000, an increase of 8,500   more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 1 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following news release: * * * NCUA Prohibits One Individual from Participating in the Affairs of Any Federally Insured Depository Institution ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Feb. 28, 2025) - The National Credit Union Administration issued one consent order in February 2025. The individual is named below and permanently prohibited from participating in the affairs of any federally insured depository institution. Consent Ord  more