Author: Reilly Lowery

Trump administration responds to Daines’ request U.S. Senator Steve Daines announced that he has successfully secured additional support and resources from the Trump administration to improve Montana’s census count. “Montana has so much at stake for the 2020 census including access to federal resources and even the potential for more representation in Congress,” Daines said. “I’m glad to see the Trump administration act on my request to send more resources to our state to ensure Montanans are properly represented for the next decade.” In total, Montana will see the addition of more than 250 enumerators working to count Montanans to

Montana’s congressional delegation is trying to derail plans by Amtrak to deal with impacts of the coronavirus by temporarily reducing runs of its Empire Builder, which glides across the Hi-Line and through northwest Montana and celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2019. On June 17, Amtrak officials said they will temporarily decrease service from seven days to three for several routes, including the Empire Builder, which runs along the Hi-Line with stations from Wolf Point to Libby. This will be effective Oct. 1 through at least the summer of 2021. But daily service could be restored if demand improves along its

WASHINGTON, DC — US Senator Steve Daines is urging Senate leaders to take action to block upcoming Amtrak service cuts in Montana. Community leaders across the Hi-Line and Northwest Montana have expressed concern about the passenger rail agency’s plans to trim service on the Empire Builder” to three trains per week, as soon as next month. Sen. Daines says Amtrak’s daily service cut for the Empire Builder, and trimming staff by 20% will “decimate the economies in Montana” and leave “tens of thousands” without rail access. The Republican had already noted that Amtrak was making the cuts even after receiving

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today joined a bipartisan bill that would extend the Census field collection data deadline from September 30th, 2020 to October 31st, 2020. “The 2020 Census will have a lasting impact on Montana; including the distribution of federal resources to the state and even the potential for more representation in Congress,” Daines said. “We must extend the census deadline to October 31st to ensure a proper count is completed in Montana.” To view the bill, click HERE. Much of Montana remains historically undercounted. Ensuring an accurate census count is critical to potentially gaining additional

Sen. Steve Daines is urging his colleagues in the U.S. Senate to pass a bill that would prevent convicted pedophiles from receiving federal pensions. Daines, R-Mont., introduced the bill, called the Denying Pensions to Convicted Child Molesters Act, in 2019. The bill comes in response to Stanley Patrick Weber, a former Indian Health Services pediatrician and convicted child molester who abused children for decades, including on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. Weber is reportedly due $1.8 million in government pension from the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps during his prison term, which lawmakers argue does not hold him accountable for his