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May 22, 2013| View More
Amtrak considering Culbertson stop
Amtrak plans to study the feasibility of adding a stop in Culbertson for people traveling to the Baaken region for work.
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May 22, 2013| View More
Tester questions whether USFS had 'better options' for air tankers
U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell told a congressional subcommittee Wednesday that he's considering overriding Neptune Aviation's protest of next-generation air tanker contracts in order to have firefighting planes available for this summer.
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May 22, 2013| View More
Attack on AP magnifies need for shield law
In May 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice secretly subpoenaed personal and work telephone records for several Associated Press reporters and editors, along with general AP office numbers in New York, Hartford, Conn.; Washington, D.C.; and for the main AP number in the U.S. House of Representatives press gallery.
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May 18, 2013| View More
Tester business workshop focuses on tourism
Tourism may still play second fiddle to agriculture as Montana's leading industry, but not for long if some of Montana's small business owners have their say.
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May 17, 2013| View More
Tester: Seizing press phone records ‘flagrantly crossed the line’
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., has sent a letter to the head of the U.S. Department of Justice, expressing "serious concerns" about revelations the department seized phone records of lines assigned to The Associated Press and its journalists, and has co-sponsored legislation to increase protection of journalists.
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May 12, 2013| View More
Lawmakers seek to offer vets farming opportunities
Nearly half of those serving in the military come from rural communities and offering veterans more farming opportunities makes sense, according to Montana's senators.
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May 12, 2013| View More
Disabled veterans’ benefits may increase
Sen. Jon Tester introduced a bill this week that would provide disabled veterans with a cost-of-living increase.
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May 10, 2013| View More
Korean, Vietnam war vets get long-awaited medals, honors
Three Vietnam and Korean war veterans -- two of whom passed away within the past few years -- on Friday received medals, ribbons and badges they had earned decades ago.
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May 8, 2013| View More
Senators introduce bill to protect farmers from Dodd-Frank regulations
Senators Mike Johanns, R-Neb., and Jon Tester, D-Mont., are leading a group of Senators in introducing a bill to clarify an exemption for farmers, ranchers, manufacturers and small businesses from margin requirements included in the Dodd-Frank financial legislation.
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May 6, 2013| View More
Senators oppose sales tax bill
A bipartisan Internet sales-tax bill is expected to sail through the Senate today, much to the chagrin of Montana Sens. Max Baucus and Jon Tester.
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May 4, 2013| View More
Belated honors
Bill Rich remembers climbing the observation tower on a pleasant evening 45 years ago to escape the heat in Hue, the former imperial capital of Vietnam.
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April 28, 2013| View More
Tester seeks more agency collaboration
Veterans in rural Montana often have a harder time accessing resources available to them.
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April 17, 2013| View More
Defense budget includes ICBM funding
The defense budget for the next fiscal year includes investments to modernize and sustain the nation's intercontinental ballistic missile force through 2030.
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April 14, 2013| View More
Legislation aims to expand access to mental-health treatment
Low-income Americans would have access to expanded mental-health services under a bill being proposed by a bipartisan group …
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April 9, 2013| View More
Mental health advocates worry about gun legislation
Mental health advocates, heartened when their cause took center stage in the wake of the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., are now looking past the gun debate with the hope of having a more positive discussion about the issue.
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April 3, 2013| View More
EPA to Assess Superfund Potential at CFAC Plant
At the request of Montana's two U.S. senators, the Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to conduct a site assessment at the Columbia Falls Aluminum Company plant to determine whether a Superfund designation is warranted.
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March 30, 2013| View More
Tester calls for increased Pentagon, VA cooperation
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., is urging U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to help the Department of Veterans Affairs reduce its growing backlog of claims for disability benefits.
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March 27, 2013| View More
Tester Holds Listening Session on Future of CFAC
At a city hall listening session on Tuesday with U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, Columbia Falls government officials and residents discussed the future of the shuttered Columbia Falls Aluminum Company plant, including the possibility and ramifications of getting the industrial property designated as a Superfund site.
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March 22, 2013| View More
Tester, Baucus introduce bill to give service members relief on student loan debt
Natalie Jennings' son left for the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego in 2011 for 10 weeks of boot camp.
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March 18, 2013| View More
Montana Guard soldiers arrive home after Afghan deployment
The moment she saw him step off the plane Saturday, Bailey O'Connor ran as fast as she could toward Sgt. Corey Shafer through a crowd of hundreds of people that were just as eager to embrace their loved ones returning home from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan.
