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Sheehy pushed to cut firefighting aircraft inspections the same month his former company failed one

Daily Montanan, June 9, 2026
Senate confirms Steve Pearce to lead the BLM in a party-line vote

Montana Free Press, May 18, 2026
Rocky Mountain Labs, Hamilton scientist under scrutiny by Republicans

Billings Gazette, May 18, 2026
BLM cancels bison grazing leases for American Prairie

Missoula Current, May 13, 2026
Montana Congressional delegation quiet on proposal for taxpayers to help fund ballroom project

ABC Montana, May 7, 2026
Q&A: Troy Downing, Republican eastern district U.S. House candidate

Montana Public Radio April 23, 2026
Montana Sen. Tim Sheehy defends confronting 'unhinged' protester, a Marine veteran, during Senate hearing

ABC News, March 5, 2026
Coffee tariff jitters

Daily Montanan, February 26, 2026
Daines dodges BLM nominee’s anti-conservation voting record, indicates support for Pearce

Daily Montanan, February 26, 2026
Amid few challengers, Downing talks housing, beef and ICE ahead of reelection bid

Billings Gazette, February 19, 2026
Zinke among 9 'no' votes as House overwhelmingly backs bipartisan housing bill

NBC Montana, February 12, 2026
Daines gains federal support to strip wilderness potential from Montana sites

Montana Free Press, February 12, 2026
Zinke pushes effort to open land near Boundary Waters Wilderness to mining

Bozeman Daily Chronicle, January 29, 2026
Downing backs Trump on Venezuela, ICE and healthcare, but remains committed to NATO

Daily Montanan, January 19, 2026
VA has shed 40,000 employees, Democratic report finds, with drastic impacts on veterans

Gov Exec, January 22, 2026
Volunteers Pick up Forest Service Slack in Wake of Federal Cuts

Mountain Journal, January 22, 2026
Montana resident, congressional delegation react as ACA subsidies expire

NBC Montana, January 5, 2026
Most of Montana’s Congressional delegation brings back bill to reclassify 100,000 acres of public lands

MTPR, December 30, 2025
Many Montanans could be affected by expiring ACA subsidies

KBZK Bozeman, December 17, 2025
Daines revives effort to roll back Wilderness Study Areas in Montana

Helena IR, December 17, 2025
Montana officials praise rollback of Biden-era coal leasing moratorium

ABC Montana, December 17, 2025
‘I Didn’t Vote for This’: A Revolt Against DOGE Cuts, Deep in Trump Country

Politico, December 15, 2025
Montana veterans service dog nonprofit warns of major federal funding loss

KTVQ, December 8, 2025
As Conservation Groups Rally Support for Roadless Rule, Sen. Daines Pushes for Repeal

Flathead Beacon, December 7, 2025
Facing a subsidy sunset, Montanans brace for health insurance increases

Montana Free Press, December 1, 2025
Montana delegation opposes renewal of health insurance tax credits

MTPR, November 18, 2025
Montanans describe how the freeze on federal food aid impacted them

MT Free Press, November 18, 2025
Federal funding cuts, layoffs threaten stream restoration work

MTPR, November 12, 2025
SNAP runs out of money Nov. 1. States are now figuring out how to feed millions of people

MTPR, October 28, 2025
As feds slash funding, Montana begins to wrestle with impact

Daily Montanan, October 23, 2025
Partisan messaging on government websites sparks debate

KRTV, October 17, 2025
Sheehy issues statement after CNN questions energy fund cut amid shutdown

NBC Montana, October 15, 2025
Federal Cuts Endanger USGS ‘Dream Team,’ Threaten Science in Northern Rockies

- Flathead Beacon, October 10, 2025
Montana Ag Network: How tariffs abroad are impacting farmers at home

-KBZK Bozeman, October 9, 2025
Hi-Line farmers under pressure from drought, low prices and tariffs

-MTPR, October 1, 2025
Shutdown Smokescreen? Public Lands Furloughs Could Become Layoffs

-Mountain Journal, October 7, 2025
Montana advocates worry about federal impacts on support for students with disabilities

- Montana Free Press, September 17, 2025
New SNAP, Medicaid rules could cost many kids free school meals

- KPAX, September 11, 2025
Federal Cuts Cripple Montana Food Aid Programs

- Flathead Beacon, September 9, 2025
Butte nonprofit warns federal budget cuts could harm thousands of Montana families

- KXLF, September 1, 2025
Protests at Glacier as national parks reel from Trump cuts: ‘They’ve gutted staff, gutted funding’

- The Guardian, August 22, 2025
As MT braces for Medicaid changes, funding slashed for org that helps people get coverage

- Helena Independent Record, August 12, 2025
No one knows whether Trump’s $50B for rural health will be enough

- Daily Montanan, August 11, 2025
Changes to Medicaid will impact thousands of Montanans as hospitals prepare for uncompensated care

- Daily Montanan, August 11, 2025
Trump EPA claws back $7B in solar funding already promised to states

- Daily Montanan, August 9, 2025
As MT child care industry continues to struggle, a program proven to help comes to an end

- Billings Gazette, August 7, 2025
Montana health insurers propose double-digit rate increase for 2026

- Montana Free Press, August 1, 2025
Feds claw back $74 million for improvements on Highway 93

- Helena Independent Record, August 1, 2025
Montana ag producers have a beef with Trump’s tariffs

- Missoula Current, July 28, 2025
Caregivers gather in Butte to protest looming Medicaid cuts

- NBC Montana, July 27, 2025
Forest Service to Abandon Nine Regional Offices

- Mountain Journal, July 25, 2025
Local Control, Fiscal Sense, and Community Strength: Why Montana Needs CSBG

- Havre Weekly Chronicle, July 24, 2025
$24 million federal grant for safety improvements along Highway 200 gets cut

- KPAX, July 20, 2025
Official: Federal cuts could remove 90 percent of Montana tribal college budget

- MTN News, July 9, 2025
‘Our doors would have to close’: Trump’s proposed cuts threaten tribal colleges

- Montana Free Press, July 3, 2025
States Face Uncertainty as an Estimated $6.2 Billion in K–12 Funding Remains Unreleased: Here’s the Fiscal Impact by State

- Learning Policy Institute, June 30, 2025
How the GOP's federal budget bill could affect health care, food assistance in Montana

- Helena Independent Record, June 26, 2025
Senate bill cuts would ‘decimate’ National Park Service, advocate says

- Public News Service, June 19, 2025
Trump moves to merge wildland firefighting into single force, despite ex-officials warning of chaos

- Montana Free Press, June 13, 2025
Federal cuts to AmeriCorps limit Montana programs

- Montana Free Press, June 9, 2025
A small Montana town grapples with the fallouts from federal worker cuts

- NPR, May 26, 2025
White House Officials wanted to put federal workers 'in trauma'. It's working

- Washington Post, May 20, 2025
Potential Trump Administration budget cuts threaten Libby asbestos clinic

- Montana Public Radio, May 2, 2025
A small Montana town has thrived on federal jobs. Now comes Trump’s cuts

- Washington Post, May 1, 2025
Labor board temporarily reinstates laid-off Forest Service workers’ employment

- Montana Free Press, March 6, 2025
The Jobs Lie

- Flathead Beacon, March 5, 2025
As Longtime Seasonal Workers Emerge as Casualties of Mass Firings, Stakeholders Warn of Dire Consequences to Public Lands

- Flathead Beacon, February 21, 2025
‘A cascading effect’: Forest Service, Park Service workers who lost jobs amid mass layoffs explain rippling fallout

- Montana Free Press, February 20, 2025
USFS cuts thousands of jobs; fired Montana forester speaks out

- 8KPAX, February 19, 2025
USFS: ‘Talented individuals’ laid off from agency will find ‘countless’ opportunities outside of government

- Montana Free Press, February 14, 2025

Butte nonprofit warns federal budget cuts could harm thousands of Montana families

- KXLF, September 1, 2025
Protests at Glacier as national parks reel from Trump cuts: ‘They’ve gutted staff, gutted funding’

- The Guardian, August 22, 2025
Changes to Medicaid will impact thousands of Montanans as hospitals prepare for uncompensated care

- Daily Montanan, August 11, 2025
$24 million federal grant for safety improvements along Highway 200 gets cut

- KPAX, July 20, 2025
‘Our doors would have to close’: Trump’s proposed cuts threaten tribal colleges

- Montana Free Press, July 3, 2025
How the GOP's federal budget bill could affect health care, food assistance in Montana

- Helena Independent Record, June 26, 2025
Potential Trump Administration budget cuts threaten Libby asbestos clinic

- Montana Public Radio, May 2, 2025
The Jobs Lie

- Flathead Beacon, March 5, 2025
As Longtime Seasonal Workers Emerge as Casualties of Mass Firings, Stakeholders Warn of Dire Consequences to Public Lands

- Flathead Beacon, February 21, 2025

Sheehy issues statement after CNN questions energy fund cut amid shutdown

- NBC Montana, October 15, 2025
Butte nonprofit warns federal budget cuts could harm thousands of Montana families

- KXLF, September 1, 2025
$24 million federal grant for safety improvements along Highway 200 gets cut

- KPAX, July 20, 2025
Trump moves to merge wildland firefighting into single force, despite ex-officials warning of chaos

- Montana Free Press, June 13, 2025
Potential Trump Administration budget cuts threaten Libby asbestos clinic

- Montana Public Radio, May 2, 2025
As Longtime Seasonal Workers Emerge as Casualties of Mass Firings, Stakeholders Warn of Dire Consequences to Public Lands

- Flathead Beacon, February 21, 2025

Butte nonprofit warns federal budget cuts could harm thousands of Montana families

- KXLF, September 1, 2025
Protests at Glacier as national parks reel from Trump cuts: ‘They’ve gutted staff, gutted funding’

- The Guardian, August 22, 2025
Caregivers gather in Butte to protest looming Medicaid cuts

- NBC Montana, July 27, 2025
$24 million federal grant for safety improvements along Highway 200 gets cut

- KPAX, July 20, 2025
Potential Trump Administration budget cuts threaten Libby asbestos clinic

- Montana Public Radio, May 2, 2025
‘A cascading effect’: Forest Service, Park Service workers who lost jobs amid mass layoffs explain rippling fallout

- Montana Free Press, February 20, 2025

Downing backs Trump’s tariffs, use of National Guard during tele-town hall

- Daily Montanan, September 10, 2025
‘A cascading effect’: Forest Service, Park Service workers who lost jobs amid mass layoffs explain rippling fallout

- Montana Free Press, February 20, 2025