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Senator Jon Tester joined with colleagues today to file his bipartisan Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act as an amendment to comprehensive energy legislation that is currently being debated by the entire Senate

Senator Jon Tester today announced that Frontier Communications will receive a $6.8 million award to expand broadband access to as many as 2,300 homes and businesses in northwest Montana.

Tester's bill streamlines the permitting process for wind, solar and geothermal development on public lands and also ensures that funds generated by energy development benefit various conservation efforts. The legislation also establishes a revenue sharing system that aids local communities that are home to these energy projects and helps mitigate the impact that construction could have on land, water, and wildlife.

A Montana State University faculty member who investigates new materials for solar cells has received an early career award from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Senator Steve Daines today joined a bipartisan group of Senators to introduce legislation that ensures Montanans have access to affordable energy and protects good-paying coal jobs.

Tester today sent a bipartisan letter to Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), urging the agency to modernize its Universal Service Fund, a fund that provides financial assistance to telecommunications carriers who supply services to rural customers.

Nine science teachers from across the U.S. earned online graduate certificates from Montana State University via MSU’s National Teachers Enhancement Network. It is the largest number of science teaching certificates awarded in one semester since the program was launched in 2011.

After the hottest year in recorded history, Senator Jon Tester wants Montana to become a renewable energy leader by tapping into the state's geothermal energy resources.

Montana Senators Steve Daines and Jon Tester, along with Representative Ryan Zinke, are introducing legislation in the Senate and House to ensure the completion of two hydroelectric facilities in Montana.

The delegation’s bills will provide for the reinstatement and three-year extension of a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) license for Clark Canyon Dam Hydro Project in Dillon...

EUGENE, OR - June 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of Lamont Kinkade to the growing group of real estate professionals choosing to update their realty websites with IDX Broker software. The partnership of Kinkade with the Northwest Montana MLS (NMAR) automatically gives his clients a leg up throughout the online home search process. But now, with IDX Broker software, NMAR listings can be displayed on his website, giving Bigfork home seekers the most comprehensive set of property listings around.

HELENA, Mont. - December 12, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Montana's school trust lands in Fiscal Year 2008 generated $70.7 million for public education, the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) announced today

HELENA, MT - August 18, 2008 - (RealEstateRama) — Governor Brian Schweitzer announced today the unveiling of MTHousingSearch.com, a new website designed to link Montanans with a wide range of rental housing choices.