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Montana’s Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) met with President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee- Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Judicial nominations, particularly Supreme Court nominations, have been front and center for Daines since he was first elected to the US Senate in 2014, and is now a centerpiece of his 2020 re-election campaign as well. He describes Judge Amy Coney Barrett as a “brilliant jurist and a minivan mom.” He added: “She is the kind of jurist that Montanans will look up to, someone they’d want on the Supreme Court. During our meeting, we talked extensively about our Founding Fathers’ vision for the

U.S. Sen. Steve Daines said he will meet Thursday with Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, which comes amid a debate over whether it was proper for the president to offer a candidate for the seat weeks away from Election Day. President Donald J. Trump nominated Barrett, 48, to fill the vacancy created by the Sept, 18 death of Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Trump called Barrett “a woman of remarkable intellect and character.” Daines, R-Mont., said he was looking forward to his meeting with Barrett. “I’m going to talk about the importance of upholding the rule of law and

The Trump administration’s top energy official spoke highly of the future of coal ahead of his visit to Colstrip Friday morning. U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette told Q2 News in an interview Thursday that he sees good things for the Colstrip coal-fired plant, which saw its two oldest units shut down earlier this year. Two others remain operating, but declining demand has created uncertainty. “We’ve looked at it from a number of different viewpoints at the Department of Energy. It’s part of our critical infrastructure. It’s part of our baseload power out in the West. Very important facility to us,”

As the nomination process moves on to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg seat, the office of Senator Steve Daines confirms he will be meeting with President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett Thursday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell is confident Barrett can be confirmed before the November election. Daines has said that this judge is a judge who will represent Montanans. ”We’re going to talk about the importance of upholding the rule of law and not legislating from the bench, we’re going to talk about protecting our Montana way of life, and the second amendment and Montana jobs,” Senator

BILLINGS — It wasn’t D-Day for the many Minor League Baseball franchises still facing uncertainty for 2021, but Wednesday marked the crossing of an important threshold in regard to the future of professional baseball in Montana and beyond. With the expiration of the Professional Baseball Agreement, the contract that has governed the working relationship between Major League Baseball and MiLB for the past 30 years, it’s getting closer to decision time for the fate of the Pioneer League, which is among the short-season leagues on the brink of losing longstanding player development affiliations with MLB. Pioneer League president Jim McCurdy

President Trump’s Secretary of Energy is coming to Montana later this week. According to the Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette and Senator Steve Daines’ (R-MT) office, Colstrip and Billings will both serve as host to the member of President Trump’s cabinet. Here’s the latest details from the Department of Energy: On Thursday, October 1, 2020, U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette will travel to Billings, Montana where he will engage with local officials and energy stakeholders in the state. On Friday, he will tour the Colstrip Power Plant and participate in a media availability. Senator Daines says he wanted to bring

Veterans Administration Secretary Robert Wilkie visited the Missoula Veterans Clinic on Palmer Street on Monday along with Montana Senator Steve Daines to deliver a message to all the staff members and employees, to thank them for their hard work in serving the growing population of western Montana veterans, especially during the COVID 19 pandemic.   “It is a great pleasure for me to be here in Missoula with Senator Daines and our wonderful VA team and Dr. Hayman. I’m going to tell you that I’m here for a very simple reason and that is to thank the employees of our

HELENA – Robert Wilkie, secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, said during a visit Monday to facilities in Montana that the Fort Harrison VA Medical Center has a 93% approval rating from clients.   “There is nothing like it in the entire United States when it comes to patient satisfaction,” he said at a news conference outside the facility, adding later that Forbes magazine recently listed the VA as the best employer in Montana. Wilkie was in Montana at the invitation of Republican Sen. Steve Daines, but he also took time to thank Democratic Sen. Jon Tester and

BILLINGS — An upcoming symposium hosted by the federal Food & Drug Administration will address an FDA study linking pulse crops in dog food as a possible cause of enlarged heart disease in some.   The FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine has been investigating the causes of canine dilated cardiomyopathy or DCM. And the investigation has been of significant interest to the pet food industry, pet owners and its supply chain which includes farmers like Gordon Stoner.   “The pulse industry is funding a six-month study looking at diet and the impact. Every indication, the early analysis of those studies