Steve Daines

Montana’s U.S. senators and representative introduced legislation this week to approve the development of hydropower at Sun River’s Gibson dam.

A year after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Montana’s congressional delegation agrees that acts of violence should be condemned. But they disagree on how to characterize what happened and how to move forward.

Montana is expected to receive billions of dollars to repair its highways, expand internet connectivity and improve drinking water lines as part of an infrastructure bill President Joe Biden signed Monday.

Montana’s Republican congressional delegation and governor are calling on the Biden administration to stop resettling Afghans in the state after an Afghan man was charged with rape in Missoula.

The U.S. Senate late Thursday narrowly confirmed Montanan Tracy Stone-Manning as the next director of the Bureau of Land Management.

The Biden administration announced Monday the land border with Canada will remain restricted to all nonessential travel through Oct. 21. That’s in contrast with Canada’s side of the border, which since Aug. 9 has been open for U.S. citizens who are fully vaccinated and have tested negative for the coronavirus.

Montana is slated to welcome 75 Afghan refugees, and reactions from the state’s elected officials are varying about the news.

As the last United States’ military planes departed Afghanistan Monday, a group of Montana veterans met with Sen. Steve Daines to discuss the end of the nation’s longest war. They all encouraged Montanans to welcome Afghan ally refugees who now, or will soon, call Montana home.

Canadians seeking to vacation or travel for business are still not allowed to cross the border into the US. Earlier Friday the Department of Homeland Security extended it’s restrictions on non-essential travel at least to September 21.

Montana’s U.S Senators split their votes on the $1 trillion infrastructure deal that cleared the chamber Tuesday. Jon Tester and Steve Daines have different takes on how the measure will be funded.