Great Falls Tribune: Shelby to get funds for Amtrak improvements
The Amtrak stop in Shelby will get $953,954 from the Federal Railroad Administration for safety improvements, Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., announced Wednesday. This project will upgrade two pedestrian and motor vehicle crossings in Shelby, by extending the existing Amtrak platform and installing fencing, signage, two quadrant gates and a wayside horn advance warning systems. The project is located along Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway’s east-west mainline with 45 to 50 BNSF freight trains and two Amtrak trains — the Empire Builder — operating through Shelby. “Improving the safety and reliability of Montana’s rail network is critical to connecting people
Daines Announces $200,000 to Improve Healthcare in Lewistown
U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced $200,000.00 in funding for Central Montana Medical Facilities, Inc. to improve healthcare services in Lewistown. “I want to congratulate Central Montana Medical Center on earning this funding for their delivery of quality healthcare,” Daines stated. “This funding will help them to continue to improve as one of the top Critical Access Hospitals not only in Montana, but the nation.” The Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Grant Program provides three years of funding support to rural primary care providers for implementation of quality improvement activities. The program is administered by the Health Resources and
Daines Demands Obama Administration Stop Paying Ransoms
U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today demanded that that the federal government stop paying ransoms, to enemy states or state sponsors of terror. Following reports of the Obama administration paying a $1.7 billion settlement to Iran shortly after Iran released unjustly detained US citizens, Daines helped introduce the No Ransom Payments Act. This legislation would prohibit any future settlement payments to Iran until it returns the ransom money it received and pays the American victims of Iranian terrorism what they are owed. Additionally, this legislation would impose sanctions on Iranians involved in the detention of US citizens and prohibits the President or U.S. officials from paying a
Daines Announces $953,954 for Amtrak Safety Improvement in Shelby
U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced $953,954.00 in funding to make needed safety improvements at the Amtrak stop in Shelby. “Improving the safety and reliability of Montana’s rail network is critical to connecting people in our communities,” Daines stated. “Folks depend on public transportation and these funds will go a long way towards ensuring that Shelby is able to maintain their Amtrak stop.” Daines authored a letter of support for this critical project on June 9, 2016. The letter is available HERE. This project will upgrade two pedestrian and motor vehicle crossings in Shelby, by extending the existing Amtrak platform and installing
Great Falls Tribune: 17 health centers receive federal funds
Seventeen community health centers in Montana will share $1,050,217 in grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., said Tuesday. Those centers include: •Billings: Yellowstone City-County Health Department: $92,615. •Helena: Lewis & Clark County: $46,032. •Missoula: Missoula County: $120,395. •Great Falls: Cascade County: $53,788. •Billings: Montana Migrant & Seasonal Farm Workers Council Inc.: $95,456. •Livingston: Community Health Partners Clinic: $57,015. •Butte: Butte-Silver Bow Primary Health Care Clinic, Inc: $76,071. •Libby: Lincoln County Community Health Center: $72,755. •Chinook: Sweet Medical Center Inc.: $19,893. •Miles City: Custer County Community Health Center Inc.: $55,774. •Cut Bank: Glacier Community Health Center Inc.: $80,566. •Havre: Bullhook Community Health Center Inc.: $86,546.
Daines Announces over $1 Million for Community Health Centers
U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced $1,050,217 in funding for 17 community health centers across Montana. “Community health centers play a critical role in delivering quality care close to home for Montanans,” Daines stated. “This additional funding will help these centers to continue to improve primary care service delivery to our local communities.” Grants awarded today from the Department of Health and Human Services include: Billings: Yellowstone City-County Health Department: $92,615.00 Helena: Lewis & Clark County: $46,032.00 Missoula: Missoula County: $120,395.00 Great Falls: Cascade County: $53,788.00 Billings: Montana Migrant & Seasonal Farm Workers Council, Inc.: $95,456.00 Livingston: Community Health Partners Clinic: $57,015.00 Butte: Butte-Silver Bow Primary
Daines Slams Democrats Refusal to Fund Public Health Emergency, Support our Troops
U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today slammed Senate Democrats refusal to provide funding for Zika, a public health emergency and for failing to fund our troops. For the third time this year, Senate Democrats voted against a formerly agreed to bipartisan $1.1 billion compromise in emergency funding to fight Zika – a level that Centers For Disease Control And Prevention Director Dr. Tom Frieden confirmed is the level required to meet the immediate needs of Zika response efforts. “President Obama is directing Democrat Senators to put public health and safety of the American people aside in favor of partisan politics,” Daines
Missoulian: Apgar photo shoot spreads the word of Glacier Park’s beauty in an instant
APGAR – A couple hundred people – including an Instagram star, a United States senator and three fake mountain goats – gathered on the shores of Lake McDonald on Thursday evening while a perfect day in Glacier National Park transformed into a different sort of beauty. As a ceiling of storm-threatening clouds moved over the valley and the lake kicked into big-wave action, Jacob W. Frank readied his camera on the balcony of the Village Inn at Apgar. Frank did not request that the crowd below on the rocky shoreline say “cheese,” but he did ask them to say “Happy
KBZK: Regulation change could cost Montana gunsmiths
HELENA –U.S. Senators Jon Tester and Steve Daines are part of a bipartisan effort to overturn a recent rule change they say could cost Montana gunsmiths thousands of dollars. According to letters sent to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry by Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, the concern is that anyone who modifies a firearm could be classified as a “manufacturer.” They would then have to register with the government as part of the International Traffic in Arms regulations and pay a $2,250 annual fee. Helena gunsmith Dennis Erhardt tells MTN News