The Roosevelt County Commissioners officially approved a resolution on Thursday, June 29, to establish new precinct boundaries that determine residents eligible to be commissioner candidates. Commissioner Gordon Oelkers explained that District 1, which Oelkers represents, had 400 more people than District 3, which is represented by commissioner Robert Toavs. The boundary for District 3

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont, has announced that he will continue to block President Biden’s nominees to serve as members of the Amtrak Board of Directors for failure to comply with the geographical representation requirements which he secured through his bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Five of the nominees are from Northeast Corridor states, directly violating provisions secured

Legislators overrode another veto issued by Gov. Greg Gianforte last week, this time an appropriations bill that includes the mechanism to send marijuana tax money to a habitat improvement program through another vetoed bill that several groups have sued over. Representatives for the Montana Association of Counties, Wild Montana and the Montana Wildlife Federation last week lauded legislators’

As part of his continued efforts to advocate for Montana’s family farmers and ranchers, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., this month introduced his bipartisan Livestock Disaster Relief Act with Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) to help ensure that Montana’s ranchers receive the relief funding needed to recover from future disasters. “As a third-generation farmer, I know firsthand how challenging