U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., explained his dedication of keeping Amtrak properly serving rural America during a conference call with Montana’s media members last week. Tester noted that he formally blocked President Biden’s nominees to serve as members of the Amtrak board of directors last week. The senator made the decision because five of the nominees were from northeast corridor

The Department of Public Health and Human Services has announced its annual Kelly Moorse Memorial Legal Document Clinic schedule for 2023 will include stops in Poplar and Glasgow. The clinics are provided by the DPHHS Legal Services Developer Program. The clinic in Poplar is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. on July 18 at the Fort Peck Community College. A clinic is scheduled for July 20 starting at

U.S. Sen. Steve Daines’ effort to overturn President Biden’s aggressive EPA regulation on heavy-duty vehicle emissions passed the U.S. Senate last week by a vote of 50-49. Daines said that Biden’s regulation would devastate Montana’s trucking industry by raising costs for Montanans while they are already facing sky-high inflation and incentivize older, less efficient trucks to stay on