Daily News Roundup
March 22, 2024
Accumulating Snow and Some Blowing Snow this Weekend
By Denise Rivette Good morning. The Billings office of the National Weather Service has provided an update on the winter storm system that WILL impact our area this weekend. KEY POINTS Areas of mainly light snow today into Saturday Widespread snow and some blowing snow Saturday night through Sunday night
Montana Climate Office Warns of Water Shortages
By Keila Szpaller for the Daily Montanan The Montana Climate Office warned this week that historically low snow levels mean water shortages this year in several river basins — even with upcoming snow in the forecast. Montana Independent News note: Five weeks ago, the whole of Carbon County moved from the abnormally dry (D0) classification on the U.S. Drought Monitor to the moderate drought (D1) classification where it has remained since. The original charts in this article have been replaced with charts pertaining to Carbon County.
Following Discussions with Montana Law Enforcement, Tester Presses Biden Department of Justice to Better Fund Rural Law Enforcement
By Denise Rivette U.S. Senator Jon Tester took concerns he heard from Flathead law enforcement officials at a Kalispell roundtable directly to the Biden Administration today by writing a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland at the Department of Justice (DOJ). In the letter, he urges officials to do more to fund rural law enforcement and cut burdensome red tape to address public safety concerns.
Daines to Yellen: Biden Administration’s Economic Policies Harming American Workers, Companies and Families
By Denise Rivette Montana’s U.S. Senator Steve Daines today at a Senate Finance Committee hearing with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen delivered the following opening statement outlining how the Biden administration’s out of control spending and tax hikes have created economic hardship for working families:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Files Resolution to Oust Mike Johnson as U.S. House Speaker
By Jacob Fischler for States Newsroom Georgia Republican U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene filed a resolution Friday to remove U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson from his position, using the same parliamentary measure that led to Johnson ascending to the speakership last year.