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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Montana Newsletter for Wednesday April 08, 2026 ( 10 items )  

Attorney General Alan Wilson protects children from the harms of social media
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 7 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson protects children from the harms of social media * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a 32-state friend-of-the-court brief in defense of a Louisiana law that protects children from the addictive harms of social media. States have the power to protect children from the harms posed by social media. Platforms have brought in $11  more

Bloomberg Nominated for 10 News & Documentary Emmy Awards
NEW YORK, April 7 [Category: BizMedia] -- Bloomberg Media posted the following news: * * * Bloomberg Nominated for 10 News & Documentary Emmy Awards * NEW YORK (April 7, 2026) Bloomberg has earned 10 nominations for the 47th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards, announced today: Leaders with Francine Lacqua, " Finland's President on Trump, Resilience and Putin's Threat " for Outstanding Interview, Long Form In Leaders with Francine Lacqua, Lacqua sits down with the decision-makers s  more

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: Money will flow - it's just a matter of where
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, April 8 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on April 7, 2026, by policy fellow Catrin Wigfall: * * * Money will flow -- it's just a matter of where The new federal tax-credit could bring billions of dollars into education. States that opt out aren't stopping that money -- they are just sending it somewhere else. The structure of the program is stra  more

FFRF Action Fund Blasts Oklahoma's Outrageous 'Christ is King' Resolution
MADISON, Wisconsin, April 7 -- FFRF Action Fund, an organization that says it develops and advocates for legislation, regulations and government programs to preserve the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, posted the following news: * * * FFRF Action Fund blasts Oklahoma's outrageous 'Christ is King' resolution An outrageous resolution proclaiming "Christ is King,"back under consideration in the Oklahoma Legislature, is an un-American attack on religious freedom a  more

FFRF Asks Florida AG to Follow the Constitution - or Resign
MADISON, Wisconsin, April 8 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release on April 7, 2026: * * * FFRF asks Florida AG to follow the Constitution -- or resign The Freedom From Religion Foundation is decrying a recent memorandum from the Florida attorney general that announces a refusal to enforce the Florida Constitution's clear prohibition on public funding of religion. In an April 2 memo, Attorney General James Uthmeier declared that his office will not enforce   more

Ga. A.G. Carr Joins 25-State Coalition in Amicus Brief Against Noncitizen Voting
ATLANTA, Georgia, April 8 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on April 7, 2026: * * * Carr Joins 25-State Coalition in Amicus Brief Against Noncitizen Voting Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Ninth Circuit decision that undermines states' ability to prevent noncitizens from voting in American elections. "Only American citizens are eligible to vote in American elections. Period. That's   more

Governor Gianforte Unveils Montana's New Highway Welcome Signs
HELENA, Montana, April 7 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Gianforte Unveils Montana's New Highway Welcome Signs * * April 07 2026 HELENA, Mont. - Joining Montana Department of Commerce Director Marta Bertoglio and Montana Department of Transportation Director Chris Dorrington, Governor Greg Gianforte today unveiled the new design for Montana's highway welcome sign. "It has been over a decade since Montana had a new welcome sign at our   more

New equipment at Montana State makes studying human movement easier and faster
BOZEMAN, Montana, April 7 -- Montana State University issued the following news: * * * New equipment at Montana State makes studying human movement easier and faster * BOZEMAN -As recently as last year, Scott Monfort didn't imagine it would be possible for more than 150 Montana State University students to conduct experiments and use data gathered in the university's Neuromuscular Biomechanics Lab. "In the past, I would never have thought to use exposure to marker-based motion capture in m  more

UM President's Lecture Series to Feature Award-Winning Journalist
MISSOULA, Montana, April 7 -- The University of Montana posted the following news release: * * * UM President's Lecture Series to Feature Award-Winning Journalist * The lecture is slated for 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 13, in the University Center Ballroom on campus. The free community event serves as the 2026 Dean Stone Lecture and UM's Democracy Summit Keynote Lecture. It is sponsored by the UM School of Journalism and the Davidson Honors College. Abumrad, a composer, artist and journalist  more

West Virginia Urging the DOJ to Protect Federal Attorneys From Political Groups Who are Weaponizing Bar Complaints
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 8 -- The West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey issued the following news release on April 7, 2026: * * * West Virginia urging the DOJ to protect federal attorneys from political groups who are weaponizing bar complaints West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey is leading a coalition of fourteen state Attorneys General in fighting back against organized, politically motivated campaigns designed to intimidate Department of Justice attorneys and cripp  more