House Rep. Frank Smith, House District 31, and Lance FourStar, Fort Peck tribal committee vice chair, said there have been some victories, but there are still concerns after the first half of the Montana legislative session. Smith, a Democrat, is worried that the tax breaks approved by Republicans including Gov. Greg Gianforte could create budget difficulties for this session and in future

U.S. Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) reintroduced the bipartisan Network Equipment Transparency Act last week. The legislation that would monitor the telecommunications supply chain and identify disruptions that might impact the roll-out of internet infrastructure deployments as part of their continued efforts to

Roosevelt County commissioners discussed briefly the distribution of checks being received through a multistate settlement regarding the national opioid epidemic. The settlement holds the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors Cardinal, McKesso and AmerisourceBergen — and Johnson & Johnson — accountable for their roles in fueling the national opioid epidemic and the harm

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Tips From Former Smokers campaign returns this month with powerful ads encouraging people who smoke to quit. Now in its 12th year, the Tips campaign is the nation’s first federally funded national tobacco education campaign. From 2012-2018, Tips motivated more than 1 million U.S. adults to quit smoking, inspired millions more to try to quit, and