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Recent News About Montana State Senate
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Montana officials approve grants to get broadband internet to rural areas
Montana will receive over $125 million in an effort to expand high-speed internet access in rural areas that struggle with internet access, Sen. Jon Tester said, according to his website.
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Daines advocates for additional flexibility for tribes for COVID-19 relief funds
Sen. Steve Daines has urged the White House and Federal Government to allow for more flexibility when it comes to the funds awarded to the tribes of Montana in the Coronavirus Relief Fund.
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Daines secures $11 million grant that 'will help modernize infrastructure in Billings’
Billings Mayor Bill Cole recently commended Sen. Steve Daines for securing $11 million in federal funding to complete the Northwest Billings Connector and Marathon Loop.
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Colstrip Power Plant to shut down two units 30 months early
Two of the four units at the Colstrip Power Plant will be shuttered by the end of this year, the plant owners have announced. The two older units at Colstrip had been set to close but not for another year and a half. The plant owners announced in June that plants one and two were no longer profitable.