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Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., held a press call Thursday where he talked about his vote to repeal the vaccine mandate on large employers, his bill to suspend imports of Brazilian beef, and other goings-on in Washington D.C. Tester was one of only two Democrats in the Senate, the other being Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., to join all Republicans in voting to repeal the OSHA rule that would have required private businesses with 100 or more employees to get vaccinated or submit to...
Senators and representative, As we approach Christmas, we have one request to Montana’s federal delegation: please do everything in your power to stop the reckless taxing and spending proposal currently working its way through Congress. The biggest gift Montana could receive from Washington, D.C., this holiday season is a dose of common sense, not more federal taxes and debt. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has said it’s his goal to pass President Biden’s $2 trillion tax and spend bill before Christmas. Meanwhile, inflat...
Note: This information was provided by the office of U.S. Sen. Jon Tester WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Jon Tester announced Wednesday he is nominating 20 students including from Blaine and Hill counties to be admitted into one of the country’s prestigious military service academies. Harlem High School student Michael King and Havre High School students Riley Pleninger and Orion Thivierge are among the sudents Tester nominated based on their academic accomplishments, extracurricular activities, and commitment to serving and lea...
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said in an interview with Havre Daily News that getting $100 million in funding that likely will go to the St. Mary Diversion is a really big deal. "It will be massive," he said. "... It's a big deal. The most important part, really, is the predictability it provides for agriculture and municipalities." Tester, one of the senators who crafted the bipartisan infrastructure bill that has passed Congress and been signed into law by President Joe Biden,...
Editor, For many years, my family has had farm land under the Glasgow Irrigation District. That is part of the larger Milk River Irrigation System that brings water all across the Hi-Line, over 700 miles from the Mountains to the irrigated acres in Blaine, Hill, Phillips and Valley Counties and to many cities and communities for their drinking water. A structure on that system at St. Mary failed some years back. The Bureau of Reclamation has been working to get it properly repaired. I, and I am sure many others, have signed...
For several decades the Milk River Project has been chronically underfunded and in need of essential repairs. Politicians of every stripe have failed to deliver the dollars needed to forge a long-term solution. Until now. Help has finally arrived in the form of the bipartisan infrastructure bill. The legislation allocates $100 million for the Milk River Project. It will pour key resources into upgrades, new construction and pipeline replacement. After years of patchwork solutions, this legislation will breathe new life into...
From Montana Cattlemen Association Montana Cattlemen’s Association will host its 20th annual Cattlemen’s Day Saturday, Dec. 4, at the YOGO Inn in Lewistown beginning at 9 a.m. Starting off the program, Kendra Joyce will talk about her program “Cutting Fences” which supports individuals in agriculture who have sustained injuries, accidents, or have disabilities. A Montana Department of Livestock update will be presented by Executive Officer Mike Honeycutt. Weed Coordinator Kelsey Miller will discuss identification and manageme...
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., held a press conference Monday to discuss a massive $1.2 trillion infrastructure package that he and his colleagues have been working to get passed for months, one that was signed by President Joe Biden later that day. Biden signed the bill with Tester and many other legislators who worked on the bill present including many Republicans. "Today, we will take a huge step forward to repairing our state's crumbling infrastructure," Tester said at the...
Washington D.C. feels a world away from Havre, Montana, but that did not stop Havre High CloseUp from taking eight Havre High School students to the nation's capital in October. One of those students was senior Dartanion Kaftan, who got to experience the nation's capital for the first time. "It was one of the best experiences I've ever had," Kaftan said. "It's a whole new world out there. We did a lot of things that were pretty exciting and we talked to a lot of important...
After a 20-month shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Montana's neighbors to the north again will be able to cross the border into the U.S. for nonessential travel, with cars lined up for what appeared to be a mile waiting to cross the Port of Wild Horse north of Havre. U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced that, starting today, foreign nationals who have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and have appropriate documentation will be permitted to enter the United...
It is no secret that family farms and ranches face tremendous challenges right now. Corporate monopolies, a changing climate, rising health care costs and a lack of capital are just a few of the obstacles that today’s farmers and ranchers have to navigate to stay on the farm. While the organizations I am proud to be a member of are all focused on the challenges farmers face right now, we also have to keep our eye on emerging perils that could threaten the family farmers of tomorrow. One of these perils is a series of tax p...
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., held a rural press call Thursday to discuss progress on the Democrats’ spending program, infrastructure bill and the opening of the U.S. northern border to vaccinated people. Tester said he hasn’t been able to dig into the fine details of the revamped social spending program which the Biden administration unveiled yesterday, but he knows it contains critical targeted investments to decrease the cost of child care and housing, address the needs of veterans and bring more health care staff to rur...
Editor, Sen. Steve Daines is holding the Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act — BSCA — hostage. The BCSA, a bill introduced by Sen. Jon Tester, intends to strengthen public land protection while ensuring public access to outdoor recreation and the economic advantages to the Montana economy that follow from it. The BCSA is an outstanding example of what can happen when Montanans work together, because the act stems from collaborative conversations between recreationists, timber companies and conservation advocates that beg...
Some Havre High students are in Washington this week participating in a CloseUp visit to the nation's capital, and met with the state's U.S. senators this week. The office of Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., said he met with the students Wednesday and talked to them about the importance of supporting Made in Montana energy and dealing with inflation. The students also went with the senator to the United States Senate floor and got a tour of the U.S. Capitol. "It was great to show...
Editor, Sen. Jon Tester is in support of the Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act, BCSA, as are many Montanans and Missoulians. This bill is intended to expand protections to the headwaters of the Blackfoot and Clearwater Rivers, while improving and expanding outdoor recreation areas for the public. The BCSA has already given Sen. Steve Daines what he says he prioritizes: jobs and investment in Montana. According to a Missoula Current article, 153 union jobs and 57 million dollars have been given to the local economy through...
Note: This was provided by the office of Sen. Jon Tester As a part of his continued effort to level the playing field for Montana’s beef producers, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester met Friday in Great Falls with community leaders and ranchers from Cascade County to discuss the importance of his bipartisan American Beef Labeling Act. Tester was joined in Great Falls by Montana Farmers Union President Walter Schweitzer and Conrad rancher Lisa Schmidt. “Montana beef is a cut above the rest, and folks deserve to know if their beef was rai...
by Emily Stifler Wolfe Montana Free Press -- Wind and water have eroded Montana soils since the first plow turned earth on the Northern Plains more than 150 years ago, taking with them one of the state's most important resources. Since then, tillage, plus the fertilizer and pesticides common in industrial agriculture, have continued to degrade the soil that agriculture depends on. With climate change threatening almost 25,000 Montana agricultural jobs in the next 50 years,...
After 20 months of closure to nonessential travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Department of Homeland Security said the northern and southern borders of the United States will open to vaccinated people in November. That follows Canada opening its border to vaccinated travelers in early August and intense pressure from Montana leaders for the U.S. to reciprocate. Montana Sens. Jon Tester, a Democrat, and Steve Daines, a Republican, and Republican Rep. Matt Rosendale as...
Sen. Jon Tester provided an update on his activities in congress during a rural press call Thursday morning, addressing the situation with the infrastructure bill, the Canadian border and the COVID-19 pandemic. Tester said it's been an extremely busy week in Congress between the continuing resolution, debt ceiling, reconciliation, country of origin labeling bill, the Cost of War Act and the infrastructure bill. He said the infrastructure bill in particular is a vital piece of...
The National Farmers Union held a press conference Wednesday to announce their Fairness for Farmers Campaign, a push to end corporate consolidation and break up monopolies in the agriculture industry - action supported by Montana Sen. Jon Tester who spoke at the conference alongside Montana Farmers Union President Walter Schweitzer and others. The event was headlined by NFU President Rob Larew, who said the organization continues to be a voice for family farmers in an...
The fall of the Afghan government and the return of the Taliban has left policymakers and the public grasping for answers and apportioning blame. The deaths of 13 U.S. servicemen and -women and 170 Afghans at the Kabul Airport punctuate this tragic state of affairs. Many ask how the Afghan government, after an injection of $89 billion over 20 years, could collapse so quickly. Critical to this debate is Montana’s support for our veterans — as well as the Afghan people. We tend to assign failure to anyone who easily con...
Montana Free Press by Alex Sakariassen Earlier this month, the U.S. Senate approved a $1.2 trillion spending plan aimed at addressing critical national infrastructure needs. The bill is poised to inject billions of dollars into Montana's highways, bridges, water systems and broadband, and the fate of that funding now rests with the U.S. House of Representatives, which began debating the proposal's path this week. Democratic Sen. Jon Tester was among the bill's chief...
Note: This was provided by the office of Sen. Jon Tester Amid disastrous drought and a catastrophic wildfire season, U.S. Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and John Hoeven, R-N.D., this month introduced their bipartisan Livestock Disaster Relief Act to ensure that ranchers receive the necessary relief to recover from future disasters. “We are experiencing a devastating drought that has touched every corner of Montana and put a real hurt on livestock producers in our state,” said Tester. “This bipartisan bill will beef up criti...
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester D-Mont., celebrated at a press conference Tuesday the passage of a massive infrastructure bill in the Senate which gained the support of a significant amount of Republicans. Tester, who was one of five Democrats and five Republicans who primarily negotiated the initial version of the $1.2 trillion bill, said it's the largest non-emergency investment in the U.S. infrastructure in history addressing both traditional infrastructure like roads and bridges as...
During a press call Thursday morning, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., said a bipartisan deal has been reached on a "historic bill that will upgrade Montana's aging infrastructure, create good paying jobs, and help us maintain our competitive edge over China." Tester said the bill includes funds for Montana's roads, bridges, internet, water, and more. He called the legislation a once-in-a-century investment in the nation's infrastructure. Tester said the legislation would create jobs...
