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December 4, 2017| View More
53 flags: Group constructs memorial to raise awareness of veteran suicides
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., announced that the Missoula Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic will get more than $6.94 million in federal funding from bipartisan legislation to triple in size and hire more staff.
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December 4, 2017| View More
Good news for jobs in Native American communities
Senator Jon Tester pushed a bill through the senate aiming to boost economic growth through out native American communities in the county.
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December 3, 2017| View More
Sen. Jon Tester On The Republican Tax Bills
Sen. Tester discussed the tax bill with NPR.
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December 2, 2017| View More
Tester goes viral in criticism of hastily-written tax bill
Senate Republicans passed their tax plan in the early hours of Saturday on a 51-49 vote, just hours after senators got an updated version of the nearly 500-page bill with notes handwritten in the margins. Jon Tester was one of the most vocal Democratic Senators who took to social media …
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November 29, 2017| View More
LEGISLATION AIMS TO HELP SMALL MONTANA BANKS
Sen. Jon Tester unveiled legislation recently that aims to release small-town banks from being subject to the same legislation that large, national banks have been held to since setting off a financial crisis in 2008.
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November 29, 2017| View More
Senate veterans committee advances $54 billion VA Choice overhaul
The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee advanced legislation Wednesday to overhaul the controversial Veterans Choice program and establish a new system for veterans to seek private-sector medical care.
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November 28, 2017| View More
MSU grad students plan protest over tax bill
Graduate students at Montana State University are planning to join a national "walk out" to protest a tax reform bill in Congress that would require them to pay income tax on their tuition waivers.
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November 27, 2017| View More
Gazette opinion: Quit stalling, save Montana’s Paradise Valley
Sens. Steve Daines and Jon Tester, and Rep. Greg Gianforte have said they want to protect Paradise Valley as area residents have been asking for years. But only Tester has done more than talk.
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November 23, 2017| View More
Tester joins colleagues in putting Main Street first
With the partisan divide appearing wider than ever, Senator Jon Tester is working to rise above it all by joining his colleagues to release a common-sense regulatory reform package focused on making a better environment for small Main Street financial institutions like credit unions.
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November 22, 2017| View More
Business Leaders Ask Congress To Pass Yellowstone-Area Mining Ban This Year
The Yellowstone Gateway Business Coalition called on Montana's delegation to hitch The Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act to ‘must-pass' legislation this December - the bill to do so was introduced by Senator Jon Tester earlier this year.
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November 22, 2017| View More
National Park Service Extends Comment Period for Fee Increase Proposal
The National Park Service has extended the time the public can comment on proposed peak-season entrance fee increases at 17 popular national parks, including Glacier and Yellowstone.
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November 17, 2017| View More
Tester, Bullock push to continue program that insures thousands of Montana kids
Sen. Jon Tester and Gov. Steve Bullock took to the Capitol rotunda Friday to rally support for a federal program that funds health insurance for 1,083 kids in Helena and some 23,000 statewide.
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November 15, 2017| View More
From Plains with cheer: Capitol Christmas Tree makes stop in driver's hometown
The 79-foot Engelmann spruce on its way to Washington, D.C., grew up these past 76 years on the Kootenai National Forest in the Yaak country of northwestern Montana.
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November 14, 2017| View More
Tester urges help for Montana farmers
Sen. Jon Tester is cranking up the heat on the U.S. Department of Agriculture and requesting that they send disaster recovery assistance to farmers and ranchers who were impacted by drought and wildfires in eastern Montana.
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November 10, 2017| View More
Serving our veterans is a bipartisan responsibility
On Veterans Day, we pause to remember the enduring sacrifice of our men and women in uniform and their families, the bravery they showed in service to our nation, and the unwavering responsibility we have to them when they return from war.
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November 10, 2017| View More
Local veteran supports Tester's bill securing vets home in Butte
Local veterans are lobbying hard for a bill sponsored by Sen. Jon Tester under consideration in Washington. If passed, it would free up $10 million for a new veterans home.
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November 9, 2017| View More
Tester introduces bipartisan bill to help secure Butte veterans home
Sen. Tester introduced legislation Thursday that would keep the Butte veterans' home proposal, languishing for nearly 10 years, from falling further behind on the Veterans Administration priority list.
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November 3, 2017| View More
Medicare, Medicaid concerns arise in Montana as tax reform takes off
As Republicans race ahead with plans to pass tax reform by Christmas, Montana groups fearing deep cuts to Medicare and Medicaid are suggesting Congress tap on the brakes.
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November 2, 2017| View More
Capitol Christmas Tree celebration to be held near Troy
Near Troy on Nov. 7 a celebration will be held to showcase the Kootenai National Forest tree.
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November 1, 2017| View More
Forest Service fire experts blocked from attending major fire conference
Several of Missoula's top federal fire scientists have been denied permission to attend the International Fire Congress later this month, leading conference organizers to suspect censorship of climate-related research.
