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December 7, 2012| View More
Guest speaker: Tester visits students to talk about overcoming challenges
Ethan MacPherson was born missing three fingers on his left hand.
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December 7, 2012| View More
America honors Greatest Generation by serving all veterans
Seventy-one years ago today, Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor thrust the United States into World War II. In the years that followed, all Americans made tremendous sacrifices to win our freedom, earning a place in history as this nation's Greatest Generation. Many of them - including nearly 1,900 Montanans- sacrificed …
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December 4, 2012| View More
Tester introduces measure to let VA hire drivers for rural veterans' care
The Department of Veterans Affairs will be able to hire drivers to transport veterans to health care appointments across Montana if a measure introduced by U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., stays intact.
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November 29, 2012| View More
Baucus, Tester praise passage of military biofuels provision
Montana's two U. S. senators issued a release Wednesday praising Senate passage of an amendment restoring the U. S. military's ability to buy biofuels.
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November 28, 2012| View More
Senator Tester asks USDA for more flexible school lunch guidelines
Senator Jon Tester has expressed his concerns about the USDA's recently changed National School Lunch Program. He is calling on the USDA to allow more flexibility in its new school lunch guidelines as some students are no longer getting enough calories at lunch and get hungry before heading home or …
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November 28, 2012| View More
Baucus and Tester welcome Daines to delegation breakfast
Montana's U.S. Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester welcomed Representative-Elect Steve Daines to their weekly coffee with Montanans in Washington Wednesday.
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November 20, 2012| View More
Senator Tester visits YouthBuild Helena
Senator Jon Tester paid a visit to the young men and women of YouthBuild Helena Tuesday.
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November 19, 2012| View More
Tester visits Pasta Montana in Great Falls
Newly re-elected U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) visited Great Falls on Monday, learning more about the structure of several Montana businesses.
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November 15, 2012| View More
Veterans get cost-of-living increase
A bill to provide a cost-of-living adjustment for disabled veterans and survivors that stalled amid partisan strife in late September was approved by the Senate on Tuesday, meaning that the 1.7 percent increase is expected to be included in checks to be sent in January.
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November 14, 2012| View More
Testers sportsmen bill advances
The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to advance Sen. Jon Tester's bill to benefit outdoor sportsmen, making good on a promise made before the election that lawmakers would consider the measure when they returned.
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November 11, 2012| View More
Saluting sacrifice: More than 100 gather to honor area veterans
On a raw Sunday afternoon, with temperatures dipping below freezing and a steady breeze stirring the Missoula County Courthouse flag, more than 100 people gathered to honor American veterans of war.
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October 19, 2012| View More
Ground broken for expansion of Billings VA Clinic
A new 70,000-square-foot VA Clinic is set to open in Billings in February 2014.
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October 19, 2012| View More
WWII medals finally awarded
In the spring of 1944, on a remote battlefield in the South Pacific, Staff Sgt. John Klobofski gave his life for his country.
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October 17, 2012| View More
New advanced fuels center dedicated
A standing-room-only crowd filled a newly re-opened building at Montana State University-Northern to hear dignitaries and university representatives talk about the latest addition to its cutting-edge alternative fuels laboratory.
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October 13, 2012| View More
Tester seeks support at UM for forest bill
Montana Senator Jon Tester asked University of Montana students and community members on Friday to help him pass a bill that he says will protect the Treasure State's outdoor heritage.
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October 11, 2012| View More
Baucus, Tester urge EPA to finish Libby risk study
Montana lawmakers urged the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday to push forward with a proposed asbestos safety standard that will guide the cleanup of a mountain town where hundreds have died from exposure to the dangerous material.
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October 4, 2012| View More
'Devil's Brigade' recognized for paving way for U.S. Special Forces
They came from Canada and across America and trained at Fort Harrison before shipping off to Europe to face the Germans in battle. They came home to marry Montana women, build Montana homes and erect a Montana memorial in honor of their lost comrades.
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October 1, 2012| View More
Baucus, Tester call for passage of Postal Service reform
With the U. S. Postal Service moving forward with plans to consolidate its Kalispell mail sorting facility with Missoula's, Montana's U. S. senators are renewing their call for the U. S. House of Representatives to pass the Senate Postal Service reform.
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October 1, 2012| View More
Senate works together to pass a Farm Bill; Montanans need political leadership, not games
On Monday, thousands of Montana farmers and ranchers will, for the first time in decades, wake up and go to work without the certainty of the Farm Bill.
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September 27, 2012| View More
UM's National Native Children's Trauma Center receives $2.4M grant
A $2.4 million grant will allow the National Native Children's Trauma Center at the University of Montana to continue its work with Native American children who experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder for the next four years.