Montana Government News

Some of Montana's top leaders honored five Montanans as part of World Aids Day. The honorees included social workers, doctors and outreach coordinators.

Today, Montana took yet another step forward in the quest to become a national leader in the production and transmission of wind energy.

An on-line poll by Montana's News Station shows most Western Montanans will be cutting back, instead of spending more this holiday season.

President Barack Obama's staff may want to rethink focusing on Montana in 2012. The president's national targeting director Ken Strasma told the blog fivethirtyeight.com in August that he viewed our state as the "no. 1 pick to flip" from red to blue in the next presidential election.

Travelers across the U.S. arrived en masse at airports, hit the roads, and boarded trains for the Thanksgiving holiday.

As a Montanan, I feel lucky to live in a state where everyone is a neighbor and no one is too busy to lend a hand.

HELENA - The state has notified about 2,000 jobless Montanans whose unemployment benefits have expired that they are now eligible for extended payments under a recently passed federal law.

Vermont is the healthiest state in the nation. That's according to the latest report by the American Health Ratings.

Energy. It is the lifeblood of the American economy. For this reason, it is no surprise that energy policy discussions receive a great deal of attention.

Montanans give President Barack Obama poor marks on job performance, don't approve of the federal stimulus spending and think that health care will get worse under the federal health care bill, according to poll results released Tuesday.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates around 22 million people have had the H1N1 virus across the country.

State agencies have withheld $867,000 in grants and stimulus money from a Montana Indian tribe since auditors revealed lax accounting practices had opened the door to potential financial abuse.

There are encouraging signs in the new Montana Kids Count Data Book, but before breaking out the fruit smoothies to celebrate, there are some cautionary signs as well.

Over the past five years, Montana's focus when it comes to drug abuse has been on the Meth problem.

The potent admixture of digital revolution and economic downturn has evoked sweeping change within the modern media landscape, while the growing prevalence of unverified amateur voices and ideologically based coverage is challenging the quality and integrity of the entire industry.

A Skyview girl has reason to be extra grateful this thanksgiving. She's been selected to be an integral part of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Montana has ordered another 25-thousand doses of H1N1 vaccine. If it all arrives, Montana will have received a total of 130,000 vaccines.

In honor of Veteran's Day, Montana's Sen. Max Baucus and Sen. Jon Tester spoke Tuesday on the floor of the U.S. Senate to pay tribute to Montana's service members, past and present.

Montana has one of the finest systems of higher education in the country. The very diversity of institutions from which Montanans can choose is one aspect that makes the Montana university system so exceptional.

Montanans like to vounteer - and volunteers like Montana. By Myers Reece, Flathead Beacon , Guest Writer, 11-09-09 Rachael Milne organizes papers during a financial literacy class at the Faith Free Lutheran Church in Kalispell.