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December 4, 2020| View More
Havre Daily News: Post-Savanna's Act pilot program launched to improve law enforcement response to missing and murdered Indigenous people
A push to get more resources, information and investigation for murdered and missing Indigenous persons years in the making took a major step forward this week with the launching of a pilot program on the Flathead Indian Reservation.
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December 4, 2020| View More
Great Falls Tribune: Jon Tester book chronicles senator's trek from Big Sandy to Washington, D.C.
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester said writing a book was never on his to-do list.
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December 4, 2020| View More
Federal News Network: Senators worried new VA accountability office appointment poses conflict of interest
The office within the Department of Veterans Affairs charged with holding senior leaders accountable and protecting whistleblowers has a new no. 2 leader.
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December 3, 2020| View More
Sidney Herald: MonDak senators unite to push legislation to help craft breweries
Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, and Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, as well as North Dakota Republican senators Kevin Cramer and John Hoeven have written to Senate Leadership to urge them to pass the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act before the end of the year, which would make permanent existing …
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December 3, 2020| View More
Military.com: Defense Bill Would Add 3 New Diseases to Agent Orange Presumptive Conditions List
Vietnam veterans suffering from several diseases that a scientific panel says are related to Agent Orange exposure won a hard-earned victory in Congress this week, with language included in the final defense policy bill that would grant them disability benefits.
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December 3, 2020| View More
Stars and Stripes: ‘I could’ve helped’: Ex-employees, lawmakers question VA decision to shutter in-house compensation and pension exams
Over a period of nine years, clinical psychologist William Haddad performed about 6,000 compensation and pension exams, acting as an arbiter of whether veterans were eligible for government benefits.
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December 2, 2020| View More
NBC Montana: Daines, Tester measure aims to change ALS benefit waiting period
Some new financial hope for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, patients. The progressive neurological conditions is commonly called Lou Gehrig's disease
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December 2, 2020| View More
Yahoo Finance: Montana Senator calls for ‘meaningful’ coronavirus stimulus: 'This economy is at a tipping point'
A series of cyberattacks is underway aimed at the companies and government organizations that will be distributing coronavirus vaccines around the world, IBM's cybersecurity division has found, though it is unclear whether the goal is to steal the technology for keeping the vaccines refrigerated in transit or to sabotage the …
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December 1, 2020| View More
Yahoo Finance: The U.S. economy is at a ‘tipping point’ as COVID-19 cases rise: Sen. Tester
Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the latest with stimulus as COVID-19 cases rise.
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December 1, 2020| View More
Billings Gazette: Railroad crossing safety addressed in Tester bills
The rust brown, washboard ribbon that is Roosevelt County Road 1013 terminates at Montana's Hi-Line without any signage. But if there was a marker it just might read "Heartache."
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December 1, 2020| View More
MTN News: Daines, Tester urge support for extending tax break for craft brewers and distillers
Montana U.S. Sens. Steve Daines and Jon Tester are among a bipartisan group of senators calling for the permanent renewal of a federal excise tax break for craft brewers and distilleries, a growing industry in Montana.
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December 1, 2020| View More
Explore Big Sky: Sen. Tester’s bill would protect 336 river miles
Today, Montana Sen. Jon Tester introduced the Montana Headwaters Legacy Act into the U.S. Senate. The Montana Headwaters Legacy Act is a made-in-Montana bill that protects 336 river miles in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and the Smith River watershed.
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November 30, 2020| View More
406 MT Sports: Pioneer League to operate as independent Partner League of Major League Baseball in 2021
The Pioneer League will usher in a new era in 2021, ending months of speculation and uncertainty regarding its future in professional baseball.
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November 24, 2020| View More
Stars and Stripes: Lawmakers call on VA to release a vaccine distribution plan
The Department of Veterans Affairs has not yet publicized a strategy to distribute coronavirus vaccines to its patients and staff once one has been approved, leading some lawmakers to worry that the department has fallen behind states and other federal agencies.
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November 24, 2020| View More
Great Falls Tribune: Tester says MANG excluded from new C-130J aircraft
Sen. Jon Tester said Tuesday is seeking answers on a decision by the U.S. Air Force to exclude the Montana Air National Guard from its list of military bases to receive new C-130J aircraft.
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November 23, 2020| View More
KHQ: Bill protecting elderly from scams passes in U.S. Senate
A bipartisan bill aimed to protect seniors from falling victim to scams was approved in the U.S. Senate Monday.
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November 21, 2020| View More
Lee Newspapers: Tester: Dems need to speak to rural America
In the wake of the election earlier this month when Republicans ran the table, the only statewide Democrat left standing was one not on the ballot this year - Montana's senior U.S. Sen. Jon Tester.
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November 20, 2020| View More
Missoula Current: Tester, Daines back legislation to provide loan forgiveness to small businesses
Sens. Jon Tester and Steve Daines are backing bipartisan legislation that would ensure small businesses receive loan forgiveness for emergency grants provided earlier this year to offset the impacts of the pandemic on small businesses.
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November 19, 2020| View More
The Hill: Repealing the Affordable Care Act: Too big a price to pay for veterans
As the number of daily COVID-19 infections hits record highs in the United States, millions of Americans are faced with a deeply unsettling possibility: losing health care coverage in the midst of a global pandemic.
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November 18, 2020| View More
Great Falls Tribune: Malmstrom first to receive new 'Grey Wolf' helicopters, senators say
Malmstrom Air Force Base will be the first to receive new MH-139 Grey Wolf helicopters to replace the Vietnam-era Huey fleet, Montana's two U.S. senators said, adding the new fleet is expected to be fully operational by 2023.
