Job Corps

The U.S. Department of Labor announced it will begin pausing a portion of the largest career training program for youth. A narrow majority on the Montana Supreme Court ruled the state must cover the legal costs for plaintiffs in a right-to-know case. The Montana Hospital Association has selected its next president.

The future of Montana’s two Job Corps centers is at risk. That’s due to a proposal from the Trump Administration to eliminate the program in its entirety. The Job Corps provides education and trade apprenticeships to low-income Americans ages 16 to 24. Montana’s centers, in Darby and Anaconda, have a specific focus on forestry, conservation and firefighting work.

Montana’s senior U.S. Senator Jon Tester met with constituents at a town hall event Friday in Missoula. About 150 people packed into one of the meeting…

The Trump administration Wednesday reversed course on its May announcement that it would close or privatize Job Corps centers across the country,…

Plans to close 25 Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers across the country were reversed today by the Trump administration.POLITICO reported today that…

Congressional action on the closure and transfer of 25 Forest Service Job Corps Civilian Conservation Centers across the country, including two in…

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story incorrectly connected an appropriations bill procedural delay to the Job Corps amendment. The two are…

Backlash is broadening in Congress against a plan to close or transfer management of Forest Service Civilian Conservation Centers, including two in…

One day after Montana’s Republican Sen. Steve Daines announced a reversal of the decision to close a Job Corps facility in Anaconda, Democratic Sen. Jon…

UPDATE: This story has been updated, adding comments from Senator Jon Tester and Governor Steve Bullock.Republican Senator Steve Daines says President…