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Six hundred fifty thousand rapid COVID-19 tests will arrive in Montana later this month. Until then, the state health department says a national shortage on the tests has prevented orders from getting filled.
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Democrat Jon Tester says he opposes the COVID vaccine mandate for private businesses with more than 100 employees. In a statement released Tuesday, Tester described the mandate as a "burdensome regulation."
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The attorneys general of 11 states, including Montana, have filed a lawsuit challenging a vaccine mandate for employers issued by President Joe Biden's administration.
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Montana’s Republican congressional delegation and governor are calling on the Biden Administration to stop resettling Afghans in the state, after an Afghan man was charged with rape in Missoula.
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The Biden administration announced Monday the land border with Canada will remain restricted to all nonessential travel through Oct. 21. That’s in contrast with Canada’s side of the border, which since Aug. 9 has been open for U.S. citizens who are fully vaccinated and have tested negative for the coronavirus.
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Gov. Greg Gianforte issued a news release Thursday saying the Department of State announced the International Rescue Committee would work to resettle the refugees in the western part of the state.
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Montana’s large-business leaders are grappling with President Joe Biden’s nationwide vaccine mandate. There are questions about logistics and whether some workers may walk off the job in protest.
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Attorney General Knudsen promised Friday to sue the federal government as soon as the vaccine mandate becomes official, calling the rule 'tyrannical.'
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The legal push and pull between the Biden Administration and oil industry stakeholders continues after a district court judge ordered the administration to remove a pause on new oil and gas lease sales on public lands.
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Federal health officials will likely reject Montana’s request to include work requirements for beneficiaries of its Medicaid expansion program, which insures 100,000 low-income Montana adults, state officials said.