WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Zinke Delivers Over $2.3 Million in Federal Funding for Public Safety and Water Infrastructure in Powell and Granite Counties * DEER LODGE, MT - Today, Western Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke traveled to Philipsburg and Deer Lodge to deliver ceremonial checks celebrating the more than $2.3 million in federal funding for public safety and water infrastructure projects in Granite and Powell   more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Escobar Celebrates FY26 Community Projects * Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) announced that 12 of her Community Project Funding (CPF) requests have been signed into law. Through this year's appropriations cycle, the Congresswoman was able to bring back $15 million to El Paso to support critical local priorities including water infrastructure, cancer research, public safety co  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines in Senate Indian Affairs Committee: Complete the Fort Belknap Water Settlement, Support Montana's Hi-Line * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke with the Department of the Interior Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Scott Cameron in a Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing. The two discussed the necessity of completing the Fort Belknap water rights settlement and suppo  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 12 -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Groups Challenge Montana PSC Order That Shields Data Center Plans from Public View Public has right to know NorthWestern's data center plans under state constitution * Helena, MT -- Community, conservation, and Indigenous-led organizations today challenged a Montana Public Service Commission protective order that shields NorthWestern Energy's letters of intent to provide electricity service to data   more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * Heinrich on Senate Floor: President Trump is dumbing down our history and cheapening our National Parks. But he will not take our history from us. * WASHINGTON -Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, led his colleagues in delivering remarks on the Senate floor in condemning and drawing attention to the Trump admi  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 13 -- The Institute for Justice posted the following news release on March 12, 2026: * * * Institute for Justice Stands With Home Based Vendors To Praise Passage of Food Freedom Bill Today, Gov. Mike Braun signed HB 1424, a bill that will allow home based vendors across the state to sell a greater variety of homemade foods. Under the new law, home-based vendors will have the ability to sell prepared foods, certain meat products, produce, natural sweeteners, baked go  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, March 13 -- Montana State University issued the following news: * * * Montana State collaborates with local elementary schools to produce Masked Reader events By Anne Cantrell, MSU News Service Hundreds of K-5 students gathered recently in the Emily Dickinson Elementary School gymnasium in Bozeman, sitting in rows on the floor alongside their classmates. They peered toward the front of the gym, craning their necks to get a glimpse of a person wearing a duck mask and a black  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, March 13 -- Montana State University issued the following news: * * * Montana State helps create tailored resources for emergency medical services Isabel Hicks, MSU News Service According to federal government analysis, Montana and many other U.S. states have faced funding and staffing challenges for emergency medical services for decades. In rural areas, EMS services are often run entirely by volunteers, who spend their free time driving countless miles responding to calls  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, March 13 -- Montana State University issued the following news: * * * Montana State to award honorary doctorate to couple who served university, state and community for decades By Diana Setterberg, MSU News Service A couple who met and married at Montana State University and each served the institution in public-facing roles for decades will receive a joint honorary doctorate of humane letters degree from MSU during the university's spring commencement ceremony on Friday, M  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, March 13 -- Montana State University issued the following news: * * * Montana State to award posthumous honorary doctorate to Elizabeth 'Betty' McCoy at spring commencement Montana State University will recognize Elizabeth "Betty" McCoy, a longtime leader of Montana 4-H, with a posthumous honorary doctorate during the university's spring commencement. Honorary doctorates are the university's highest form of commendation. They are conferred upon individuals who have excelled  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Murray, Ocasio-Cortez Introduce the Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act, Pushing Back Against the Trump Administration to Protect Wages and Overtime for Home Care Workers * The Fair Wages for Home Care Workers Act would codify rights to minimum wage and overtime pay for home care workers and domestic workers As Trump and Republicans strip home care workers of their right to minimum wage and o  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Montana, issued the following news release on March 12, 2026: * * * Sheehy's Bipartisan VA Home Loan Awareness Act Passes Senate Today the U.S. Senate passed Senator Sheehy's bipartisan VA Home Loan Awareness Act as part of a larger package of housing legislation, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. "As a combat veteran who is married to a combat veteran, ensuring our nation's warfighters have the information and resources they need to live out th  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Slotkin Joins Bipartisan Effort Urging Trump to Prioritize Opening Japanese Market Access to U.S. Potato Industry * WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) joined U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR), along with House and Senate colleagues, in asking President Trump to prioritize gaining market access for U.S. fresh potatoes du  more