ARLINGTON, Virginia, Oct. 20 [Category: Sociological] -- Americans for Prosperity posted the following news release: * * * AFP's Permitting Reform Tour Heads to Key Sites in Minnesota and Montana * # Oct 20, 2025 by AFP ARLINGTON, VA-- In case you missed it, Americans for Prosperity's "Road to Prosperity" tour made stops in Eveleth, Minnesota and Bozeman, Montana last week to highlight the need for Congress to reopen the government and get to work on federal permitting reform to bolster  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Montana, issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2025: * * * Bipartisan Fix Our Forests Act Passes Senate Ag Committee Today the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry voted to advance Senator Sheehy's bipartisan Fix Our Forests Act. The legislation was introduced in April by Senators Tim Sheehy, John Curtis (R-Utah), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.). Senator Sheehy issued this statement following an ove  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Oct. 23 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Oct. 22, 2025: * * * North Dakota is paying the price for Minnesota's climate virtue By Bill Glahn From the Minnesota Star Tribune, "North Dakota wants to block Minnesota power lines in fight over clean energy." The fight is in front of a national energy regulator, "North Dakota, Montana, Mississipp  more

HAILEY, Idaho, Oct. 22 -- The Western Watersheds Project posted the following news release on Oct. 21, 2025: * * * Conservation Groups Move to Intervene and Stop Lawsuit Filed by Anti-wolf Politicians against the Montana Fish & Wildlife Commission MISSOULA, Mont. - Today, conservation groups moved to intervene to take down the recent lawsuit filed by the Outdoor Heritage Alliance, Montana Representative Paul Fielder, Representative Shannon Maness, and hunting outfitter Craig Neal that seeks t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines Lauds Historic Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Deal in Keynote Address at the Hudson Institute * Lays Out Roadmap for Future U.S. Relations with the South Caucuses and Central Asia U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today delivered the keynote address at the Hudson Institute's conference on the future of U.S. engagement in the South Caucasus. Watch his remarks here. Read Daines' remarks a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines Urges Colleagues to Support William Mercer as Federal Judge for the District of Montana * U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke on the Senate floor ahead of the vote to confirm William Mercer as U.S. Judge for the District of Montana. Watch his remarks here. Read Daines' remarks as prepared for delivery below. Thank you Mdm/Mr. President. I rise today to speak in support  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines, Sheehy Applaud President Trump's Nomination of Brian Gootkin for U.S. Marshal for Montana * U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senators Steve Daines and Tim Sheehy released the below statements applauding President Trump's recent nomination of Brian Gootkin to serve as U.S. Marshal for the District of Montana. "Brian Gootkin is an exceptional choice by President Trump to serve as Montana's U.S. Marshal. A  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines, Sheehy Applaud Senate Confirmation of William Mercer to Serve as Federal Judge for the District of Montana * U.S. SENATE - U.S. Senators Steve Daines and Tim Sheehy released the below statement applauding the Senate confirmation of William Mercer to serve as U.S. Judge for the District of Montana. "We congratulate William Mercer on his long-awaited confirmation to serve as U.S. District Ju  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- Rep. Troy Downing, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Downing, Fedorchak, House GOP Colleagues Send Letter to President Trump Following Reports of Potential Beef Imports from Argentina * WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Congressman Downing joined Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) and six of his House Republican colleagues in a letter to President Trump urging him to give American producers an opportunity to meet increased demand following reports that the United   more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 20 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * Montana Tech, Friends (Kan.) Knotted at No. 4 as Top 3 Hold Ground in Newest NAIA Football Top 25 * KANSAS CITY, Mo. \- Montana Tech and Friends (Kan.) moved into a tie at No. 4 and Grand View (Iowa) remained a unanimous No. 1 in the Oct. 20 edition of the Netting Professionals NAIA Coaches' Top 25 Poll. Keiser (Fla.) picked up all 16 second-plac  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 21 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * NAIA Football Weekly Notebook, Oct. 25 * NAIA Football Weekly Notebook (PDF) The last weekend of October is packed with storylines, including eight featured games on Urban Edge Network. Two statistical categories could see their first 1,000-yard performers, as Destynd Loring of William Penn (Iowa) enters WPU's game at Clarke (Iowa) with 947 rus  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Sheehy Hosts Common Ground Summit on American Ag Senator Sheehy hosted a Common Ground Summit alongside the Livestock Marketing Association to discuss issues facing American agriculture, recent news on America's beef industry, and how to ensure protecting American producers is at the forefront of our ag policy. After the event, Senator Sheehy released the following statement: "Lowering input costs fo  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 20 [Category: Environment] -- The Trust for Public Land posted the following news release: * * * TPL Statement on the Montana Land Board's Approval of Phase 2 of the Montana Great Outdoors Project * Helena, MT - Upon the Montana Land Board's vote to approve second phase of the Montana Great Outdoors Project, Trust for Public Land's Northern Rockies Director, David Weinstein issued the following statement: "I want to thank Governor Gianforte, Lieutenant Gover  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Western Governors, Water Managers, More Join to Applaud Hickenlooper's Bipartisan Wildfire Mitigation Bill * Western Governors Association, including governors from Colorado, Utah, California, Montana, endorse legislation Senate Agriculture Committee to hold markup of Fix Our Forests Act tomorrow WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper highlighted growing support from western g  more