KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 25 (TNSLrpt) -- Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Montana 2025 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Mountain-Plains Region - Feb. 24, 2026 * * * In 2025, 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 6.8 percent in Montana, compared to the 8.0-percent rate for the natio  more

HELENA, Montana, Feb. 24 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Gianforte Recognizes FFA Week in Montana * * February 24 2026 HELENA, Mont. - Governor Greg Gianforte today met with Montana FFA state officers at the state capitol to proclaim this week as FFA Week in Montana. "Montana agriculture drives our economy, supports jobs and communities, and sustains our way of life," Gov. Gianforte said. "Through FFA, young Montanans are building lea  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Feb. 25 -- Montana State University issued the following news: * * * New resources support entrepreneurship community at Montana State Isabel Hicks, MSU News Service When Montana State University nursing professor Elizabeth Johnson was seeking support to commercialize her business idea, she didn't need to look far. In fact, she didn't even need to leave campus. In 2022, Johnson connected with the MSU Launchpad to fine-tune her invention: a wearable medical device called T  more

HELENA, Montana, Feb. 24 -- The Montana Democratic Party issued the following news release: * * * Trump's State of the Union Address Will Be Full of Lies and Promises to Montanans He Won't Keep * Helena, MT - Ahead of Donald Trump's State of the Union Address, Montana Democratic Party Executive Director Emily Marburger released the following statement: "Tonight, Donald Trump will desperately try to pull the wool over Montanans' eyes and paper over a year's worth of betrayal and disastrous   more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 25 -- The West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey issued the following news release on Feb. 24, 2026: * * * West Virginia leads 21-state coalition urging Supreme Court to block federal rule eliminating natural gas appliances West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey is leading a 21-state coalition, urging the United States Supreme Court to reverse a D.C. Circuit decision that upheld sweeping Biden-era Department of Energy (DOE) efficiency standards poi  more