BOZEMAN, Montana, April 22 (TNSrpt) -- Montana State University issued the following news: * * * New 'Zero Waste' report at Montana State highlights campus sustainability initiatives Students carry cardboard for recycling during Montana State University's Move-In event in August 2025. MSU photo by Marcus "Doc" Cravens * Montana State University's incoming freshmen arrive each fall with belongings such as TVs, fans and electronics that are often wrapped in plastic and cushioned with Styrofo  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Partners with Coalition of States to Defend President Trump's Election Integrity Executive Order * America First Legal (AFL) is partnering with a coalition of 12 states to intervene in two federal lawsuits challenging President Trump's recent executive order aimed at strengthening election integrity, verifying citizenship in federal elec  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 22 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson raises concerns over credit rating agencies' ESG policies * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson today joined a coalition of 23 states in questioning the lawfulness of the environmental, social, and governance ("ESG") policies of three top credit rating agencies. The agencies-Fitch Ratings, Moody's, and S&P Global Ratings-have pledged to  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 22 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Hilgers Leads Letter to Top Credit Ratings Agencies Raising Concerns Over ESG Policies * Lincoln, NE - Attorney General Mike Hilgers today co-led a coalition of 23 States in questioning the lawfulness of the environmental, social, and governance ("ESG") policies of three top credit rating agencies. The agencies-Fitch Ratings, Moody's, and S&P Global Ratings-have ple  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee on Energy released the following testimony by Elizabeth Holley, professor of mining engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, from an April 16, 2026, hearing entitled "Subsurface Science and Technology: American Energy and Mineral Dominance": * * * Chairman Weber, Ranking Member Ross, and members of the Energy Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to share my perspective on the science and technology needed t  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 22 [Category: Construction] -- Associated General Contractors of America posted the following news release: * * * Construction Jobs Increase In 30 States And D.C. Between February 2025 And February 2026; 22 States Have One-Month Gain In Construction Jobs * Texas and Montana Have the Largest Number and Percent of 12-Month Increases, While California and Alaska Trail; Florida and Montana Lead in Monthly Gains, While New Jersey and Delaware Have the Biggest and Steepe  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: * * * DAF announces next steps in Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations initiative * ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) - The Department of the Air Force, in conjunction with the Defense Innovation Unit, has selected three companies to potentially develop and operate a microreactor on a DAF installation, as part of the Advanced Nuclear Power for Installations initiative.  The service announced on April 8 that Buckley Space Force B  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines Urges HHS Secretary Kennedy to Reinstate Safeguards on Abortion Pill * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today spoke in a Senate Finance Committee hearing with U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. They discussed regulations surrounding the abortion pill and the Rural Health Transformation Program. Watch the full exchange HERE. Daines on funding the  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Daines' "Build More Hydro" Bill Passes U.S. House of Representatives, Heads to President's Desk * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced that his bill to support American hydropower and increase domestic energy production passed the U.S. House of Representatives and now heads to the President's desk, where it is expected to be signed into law. The "Build More Hydro" bill allow  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 23 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on April 22, 2026: * * * Carr Urges Payment Processors to Stop Transactions of Illegal Chinese Vapes Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has joined a coalition of 13 attorneys general in sending a letter to credit card companies urging them to stop the sale of illegal vape products facilitated through their payment card networks. Illegal vapes, overwhelmingly manufactured in China, now accoun  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Daines Op-Ed in the Washington Times: The Future of Made-in-America Energy * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Steve Daines penned an opinion piece for the Washington Times on the future of Made-In-America energy. Read it below. The Future of Made-In-America Energy Senator Steve Daines Washington Times April 21, 2026 Our nation's energy sector supports more than 8.5 million jobs, con  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 22 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: * * * Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill Joins Missouri in Coalition to Defend Executive Order on Election Integrity * Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill joined Missouri and 10 other states in a motion to intervene to defend a presidential executive order that would allow access to resources that would verify voter-registration lists against lawfare from left-wing activists. On Mar  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, April 22 -- Montana State University issued the following news: * * * Montana State to host celebration for largest Hilleman Scholars graduating class to date * BOZEMAN -Montana State University will host a graduation and awards celebration on Monday, April 27, honoring the 25 undergraduate students from Montana who are expected to graduate this spring from the university's Hilleman Scholars Program. Elizabeth Burroughs, head of the Department of Mathematical Sciences in MS  more

HELENA, Montana, April 22 -- Gov. Greg Gianforte, R-Montana, issued the following news release: * * * Montana's Unemployment Rate Remains at 3.6% * HELENA, Mont. - Governor Greg Gianforte today announced Montana's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.6 percent in February. Montana's unemployment rate was lower than the national unemployment rate, which rose to 4.4 percent in February. "To keep pace with our growing workforce demands, we're prioritizing pathways to good-paying jobs for  more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, April 21 -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release: * * * South Dakota Mines Strike Gold at Collegiate World Mining Championships * After nearly 50 years of competition, the South Dakota Mines men's mining and mucking team captured the prestigious Sunshine Trophy, earning first overall in the fiercely competitive field at the 48 th International Collegiate Mining Competition. The momentum didn't stop there. The university  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, April 22 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news: * * * UMass ADVANCE Celebrates Excellence in Faculty Mentorship, Equitable Collaboration at Annual Distinguished Lecture and Awards Luncheon * UMass ADVANCE has announced the recipients of the 2026 UMass ADVANCE Faculty Peer Mentoring Awards and the Equitable Practices in Collaboration (EPiC) Award. The individuals and groups were honored on April 17 in the Amherst Room in the Campus Center at the  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey released 'Thickness and Other Characteristics of Overbank Sediment Deposited During an Extreme Flood in May 1978 Along the Powder River, Montana,' by John A. Moody and Robert H. Meade, as Scientific Investigations Report 20265122. Covering a <1% recurrence interval event between Moorhead and Broadus gages (779 and 711 m(3)/s peaks), it details 1978 post-flood surveys at 900 sites across 20 valley transec  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey issued an Open-File Report 20261005 detailing the sampling and analysis plan for water quality in Lake Koocanusa and upper Kootenai River, Montana. Authors Lindsey King, Sara Caldwell Eldridge, Melissa Schaar, Travis Schmidt, Thomas Chapin, and Ashley Bussell prepared it for water years 2022 and 2023. Published in 2026, the plan supports monitoring selenium, nitrates, and sulfates exceeding standards, linked to Canadian coal mines. La  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey issued 'A Three-Dimensional Geologic Framework Model of the Northern Great Plains Region of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming, USA,' Scientific Investigations Report 20265127, authored by Leland R. Spangler. Funded by the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, the model spans 381,000 square kilometers across four states. It integrates over 300,000 data points from wells, maps, and geophysics to map 41 stratigraph  more