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U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos will reconsider the University of Montana’s application for its Upward Bound grant — after initially rejecting it and dozens of other colleges’ applications based on minor formatting errors. UM corrected the error and resubmitted its application. In testimony Wednesday to the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, the secretary said an additional $50 million appropriation “materially changed our available options.” “We are going to use those funds, the $50 million, to reconsider those applications that were not considered viable because of the formatting errors. So that is going to be

The White House sent its $4.1 trillion dollar spending plan to Capitol Hill Tuesday. President Donald Trump is looking to balance the budget in 10 years with big spending cuts and faster economic growth. That includes an almost $3.6 trillion dollars in cuts to programs including Medicaid, food stamps, and Social Security Disability insurance. “We looked at his budget through the eye of the people who are actually paying the bills,” said Mick Mulvaney, White House budget director. “We are not kicking anybody off of any program who really needs it. We have plenty of money in this country to take

Washington can hardly keep up with the unprecedented pace at which Donald Trump’s presidency is cascading out of control. Ironically, the appointment last week of Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate Russia’s involvement in the 2016 presidential election may slow White House hemorrhaging, taking pressure off GOP congressional leaders and their weak investigations and temporarily shoring up support for Trump on Capitol Hill. For Democrats and independents concerned about the safety and well-being of the country, however, the priority must be getting Trump out of the White House as quickly as possible. He is simply too great a threat to

U.S. Senator Steve Daines, on Monday, announced $3.2 million in funding for two north central Montana health providers. The funding is provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and was included in a Labor and HHS Appropriations Bill. The Cascade County Health Department will get just over $1.5 million. The Glacier Community Health Center in Cut Bank will receive almost $1.7 million. “Montana’s community health centers are integral to providing high quality, low cost healthcare close to home,” Daines stated. “Great Falls and Cut Bank will continued to be well-served by these community health centers.”

Two northcentral Montana health agencies will share $3.2 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., said Monday. The Cascade City-County Health Department in Great Falls will receive $1,558,934 and Glacier Community Health Center Inc. in Cut Bank will get $1, 685,166, Daines said. The funding was from the bipartisan FY2017 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) Appropriations Bill. Daines said Montana’s community health centers are integral to providing high-quality, low-cost health care close to home.