In his continued push to secure the southern border and combat illicit fentanyl trafficking into the United States, U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., has led the bipartisan Combating Cartels on Social Media Act to target cartels’ use of social media and online platforms to recruit smugglers. Tester’s bipartisan bill is co-sponsored by Senator Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), Senator James Lankford (R-OK),

Following the passage and signing of SB 109, the Montana Public Service Commission announces the creation of new boundaries for the five PSC districts. SB 109, carried by Senator Keith Regier and signed into law by Gov. Gianforte, uses the newly established Montana House of Representatives district map to create the boundaries of the revised PSC districts. PSC districts are no longer determined

Montana State Fund, the state’s largest and leading workers’ compensation insurance company, announced the signing of House Bill 836 on Wednesday. HB836, creates a “regulatory sandbox” in which property and casualty insurers can apply for waivers to test new and different products or services. Insurance routinely ranks as one of the top ten most regulated industries in the country.

Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed both the Montana Indian Child Welfare Act and a bill revising Indian Education For All laws last week. The first bill secures Indigenous family protections in state law, and the second revises how Native history is taught in schools. Both bills were sponsored by Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, who worked throughout the session to ensure that the issues

The state is dedicating $400,000 in one-time grant funds for autism facilities to get off the ground in Montana, a move advocates said would help serve a community of people who have had to seek treatment in other states. Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte signed House Bill 952, sponsored by Rep. Courtenay Sprunger, R-Kalispell, into law this month. The bill originally provided $200,000 in one-time

the matter with the city council prior to working with Bleicher in developing a MOU proposal. Commissioners will then consider the MOU request. Commissioners said they will conduct more research regarding how other counties handle such situations.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced the Great Northern Development Corporation will receive a $2,250,000 Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund grant, funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, for dozens of assessment, cleanup and redevelopment projects. The grant will focus on projects in Poplar, Wolf Point, Glendive and other eastern Montana communities. GNDC will work closely