Daily News Roundup
February 10, 2024
Atwood and Hollow Horn Bear Complete Course To Join Carbon County Dispatch Team
By Denise Rivette The Carbon County Sheriffs Office (CCSO) announced on their website that they are pleased to congratulate Charlene Hollow Horn Bear and Cody Atwood on their successful completion of the Montana Law Enforcement Academy (MLEA) Dispatch Basic Course.
Attorney General Knudsen Urges CBS to Drop Super Bowl Ads From Chinese Retailer Temu
By Denise Rivette Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen sent a letter today urging executives at Paramount Global and CBS Entertainment Group not to broadcast commercials from Temu – an online retail platform linked to the Chinese Communist Party – during Super Bowl LVIII.w
Daines Accuses Biden Administration of Playing Politics with U.S. Energy
By Denise Rivette U.S. Senator Steve Daines, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, delivered the following opening statement on Thursday, February 8, at the committee’s hearing examining the administration’s pause on liquefied natural gas (LNG) export approvals.
Tester Takes to Senate Floor to Call Out Politicians Blocking Bipartisan Border Security Bill
By Denise Rivette U.S. Senator Jon Tester took to the Senate floor yesterday to call out D.C. politicians who he claimed “shamefully blocked bipartisan legislation to secure our southern border for political purposes.” Key excerpts from the Senator’s floor speech are below.
Daines Gives Biden Administration Reality Check on Financial Burden of Dam Breaching
By Denise Rivette Yesterday, U.S. Senator Steve Daines insisted in a letter authored with other Republican lawmakers that President Biden’s Department of Energy (DOE) address the financial burden that breaching the lower Snake River dams (LSRDs) would have on Montanans. The demand comes after months of what Daines’ statement referred to as the Biden administration attempting to usurp congressional authority and move toward dam breaching.