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
Daines Announces over $3.4 Million for Yellowstone Airport
U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced $3,456,026.00 in funding for critical upgrades at the Yellowstone Airport located just north of West Yellowstone. “This airport serves a critical role in helping to combat the growing fires in Yellowstone National Park and this additional funding will help keep this airport operational for years to come,” Daines stated. The funding will be used to acquire safety equipment and/or fencing, construct heliport/helipad, install apron edge lights, install miscellaneous NAVAIDS, rehabilitate apron, rehabilitate taxiway and remove obstruction. Daines secured the following provisions in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization: Airport Improvement Program (AIP) dollars which
KMMS: Daines Announces $853,333 to Strengthen Montana Manufacturing
Senator Steve Daines today announced $853,333 in funding for the Montana Manufacturing Extension Center (MMEC) for the next year and a half, which strengthens Montana small manufacturers through partnerships and guidance. “Manufacturing plays an integral role in supporting hardworking families across our state,” Daines stated. “Manufacturing jobs pay an average of 17 percent higher wages than non-manufacturing jobs and I’m proud to support funding to create more of these high-paying jobs.” In Montana, manufacturing plays a critical role in creating good-paying jobs:In 1996, there were 1,489 manufacturers in the state of Montana employing 22,500 people. In 2016, there are 2,841
Daines Announces $853,333 to Strengthen Montana Manufacturing
BOZEMAN, Mont. — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced $853,333 in funding for the Montana Manufacturing Extension Center (MMEC) for the next year and a half, which strengthens Montana small manufacturers through partnerships and guidance. MMEC has worked with nearly 1,200 of the manufacturers in the state. According to the University of Montana’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research, MMEC delivers an 8:1 return on investment for the citizens of the state of Montana. “Manufacturing plays an integral role in supporting hardworking families across our state,” Daines stated. “Manufacturing jobs pay an average of 17 percent higher wages than non-manufacturing jobs and I’m proud
Daines, Scalise Announce Bicameral Effort Urging Obama Administration To Rescind Misguided ITAR Guidance
U.S. CONGRESS — U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) and U.S. Representative Steve Scalise (R-LA) today led a bicameral effort urging the Obama administration to rescind the July 22, 2016 guidance under the International Trade in Arms Regulations (ITAR) that declared that gunsmithing is “manufacturing” of a firearm and thus requires the gunsmith to register and pay a registration fee of $2,250. In a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, the members underscore that this new guidance negatively harms hardworking small businesses and law-abiding gun owners and implore Kerry to give this his immediate attention and rescind the guidance. “The vast