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News from June 2023

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Less than 10 people die from cerebrovascular diseases in Montana during week ending June 17

By Big Sky Times | Jun 23, 2023

There were less than 10 deaths from cerebrovascular diseases reported in Montana in the week ending June 17, making up less than 4.8% of total deaths by all causes in Montana.

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Tester Secures Nearly $12 Million For High Speed Internet Deployment In Western Montana Through Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

By Big Sky Times Report | Jun 23, 2023

Funding To Install 137 Miles Of Broadband Fiber, Serve 42 Communities Around Sapphire Mountains

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Montana Unemployment Remains at All-Time Low

By Big Sky Times Report | Jun 23, 2023

Wages grow at 5th fastest rate in the nation in 2022

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19 people die from chronic lower respiratory diseases in Montana during week ending June 17

By Big Sky Times | Jun 22, 2023

There were 19 deaths from chronic lower respiratory diseases reported in Montana in the week ending June 17, making up nine% of total deaths by all causes in Montana.

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48 people die in Montana from heart disease in week ending June 17

By Big Sky Times | Jun 22, 2023

There were 48 deaths with heart disease listed as the underlying cause reported in Montana during the week ending June 17, a 2.1% increase over the previous week.

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Missoula's bear buffer zone called 'not large enough'

By Big Sky Times Report | Jun 22, 2023

The Missoula City-County Health Department is pushing to expand the current bear buffer zone, which was established in 2010.

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Tester, Daines, Rosendale, Zinke, Gianforte Lead Charge To Complete Ft. Belknap Water Settlement, The Final Indian Water Rights Settlement In Montana

By Big Sky Times Report | Jun 22, 2023

Senators Introduce Fort Belknap Indian Community Water Settlement

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Daines, Peters Bipartisan Resolution To Designate June 2023 “great Outdoors Month” Passes U.S. Senate

By Big Sky Times Report | Jun 22, 2023

U.S. Senators Steve Daines (R-Mont.), top Republican on the Senate National Parks Subcommittee, and Gary Peters’ (D-Mich.) bipartisan resolution designating June 2023 as “Great Outdoors Month” passed the United States Senate.

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Tester Continues Block On President Biden’s Amtrak Nominees Over Lack Of Geographical Representation From Western States

By Big Sky Times Report | Jun 22, 2023

At commerce hearing, senator says: “the president needs to follow the law”

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Reps. Rosendale, Zinke vote to strike down Biden administration’s ‘pistol-brace rule’

By Big Sky Times Report | Jun 22, 2023

Republican Reps. Matthew Rosendale Sr. and Ryan Zinka voted for a resolution last week to repeal a new Biden administration rule that critics say is “unconstitutional” and “onerous” in the way it regulates the ownership of stabilizing pistol braces.

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Governor Gianforte Holds Town Hall on Seven County Swing through Southeast Montana

By Big Sky Times Report | Jun 22, 2023

Town hall marks the governor’s second in a week

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Less than 10 people die from diabetes mellitus in Montana during week ending June 17

By Big Sky Times | Jun 21, 2023

There were less than 10 deaths from diabetes mellitus reported in Montana in the week ending June 17, making up less than 4.8% of total deaths by all causes in Montana.

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Less than 10 people die from Alzheimer's disease in Montana during week ending June 17

By Big Sky Times | Jun 21, 2023

There were less than 10 deaths from Alzheimer's disease reported in Montana in the week ending June 17, making up less than 4.8% of total deaths by all causes in Montana.

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Tester, Capito, Brown, Lankford Introduce Bill To Lower Drug Costs, Hold Massive Pbm Corporations Accountable

By Big Sky Times Report | Jun 21, 2023

Senators’ protect patient access to pharmacies act brings accountability to pbms, protect patients and small businesses

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Breaking: Tester’s Bipartisan Bill To Deliver Annual Cost-of-living Increase For Veterans Signed Into Law

By Big Sky Times Report | Jun 21, 2023

Senator’s Bipartisan Legislation To Increase Rates Of Disability Compensation For 30,000 Disabled Veterans And Survivors In Montana Now Law

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37 people die in Montana from cancer in week ending June 17

By Big Sky Times | Jun 21, 2023

There were 37 deaths with cancer listed as the underlying cause reported in Montana during the week ending June 17, a 17.8% decrease from the previous week.

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Bozeman Police: 'If you have security camera, please search between midnight and 0600 on 6/4/23'

By Big Sky Times Report | Jun 21, 2023

After a number of thefts from vehicles, the Bozeman Police are asking for the public's help to find a suspect.

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Attorney General’s Office Secures Guilty Plea In Rosebud County Child Sexual Abuse Case

By Big Sky Times Report | Jun 21, 2023

A Forsyth man pleaded guilty on June 19 in Rosebud County District Court to sexual intercourse without consent with a child under the age of 13, Attorney General Austin Knudsen announced.

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Governor Gianforte: Proposed BLM Rule Is a Solution in Search of a Problem

By Big Sky Times Report | Jun 21, 2023

Joining a group of western governors, Governor Greg Gianforte on June 15 opposed a proposed rule by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) which would alter the use of BLM lands to the detriment of recreation, livestock grazing, responsible resource development, and public access.

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Montana deaths did not exceed death expectancy during week ending June 3

By Big Sky Times | Jun 20, 2023

Montana's death count did not exceed death expectancy during the week ending June 3, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.