Tester Secures $26 Million for Montana Public Lands Projects
Senator’s Inflation Reduction Act to fund restoration and resilience activities across Treasure State U.S. Senator Jon Tester today announced he has secured $26 million in Bureau of Land Management funding for landscape restoration and resilience projects across Montana. Tester secured the funding...
Tester Secures Nearly $6 Million to Clean Up Brownfield Pollution Sites Across Montana
Funding comes from Senator’s bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act U.S. Senator Jon Tester today announced that he secured $5.7 million in Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant funding for six Montana projects to clean up brownfield pollution sites and spur economic development....
Tester Marks Memorial Day at Montana Veterans Memorial
Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman delivers remarks in honor of fallen heroes at Memorial Day ceremony in Great Falls U.S. Senator Jon Tester, Chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, today delivered remarks in honor of Montana’s fallen at a...
Flathead Beacon: New State-of-the-Art Veterans Affairs Clinic Coming to Kalispell
A new state-of-the-art Veterans Affairs (VA) clinic in Kalispell will soon offer increased access to healthcare for Flathead Valley Veterans after a lease was awarded earlier this month for a location near Glacier High School. The new facility, expected to...
Military.com: Bill Guaranteeing Cost-of-Living Increase for Veterans in 2024 Heads to President's Desk
Legislation giving veterans a cost-of-living adjustment on benefits in 2024 — likely to result in an increase in payments — is headed to President Joe Biden’s desk for signature following an agreement by the House. The annual procedure done by...
Air Force Times: Vets will see a cost-of-living boost in benefit checks next year
House lawmakers this week finalized plans to guarantee a cost-of-living boost in veterans benefits next year, sending legislation to the White House to be signed into law in coming days. The move guarantees that veterans’ support payments will keep pace with increases in Social Security checks...