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How Montana schools want to spend their COVID cash By. An additional 13 or about 73000 tests went to assisted living.

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Arntzen told Montana Free Press her office has advised districts that under HB 702 they cannot segregate a population of students based on vaccination status.

. COVID-19 Vaccine Availability by County. Montana public health agencies continue to assist communities in responding to COVID-19. By Alex Sakariassen and Mara Silvers 01142022 01142022.

Montana Free Press. 24 2021 to discuss the states COVID-19 response. The number of active COVID-19 cases in Montana fell by half over the past week as the recent surge driven by the viruss omicron variant appears to be waning.

Last summer Montana created a list of more than a dozen upgrades for its state prison facilities to protect inmates and staffers from COVID-19 infections all of which would be paid for with nearly 25 million in federal COVID relief money. Laurel Desnick became the face of pandemic measures and the focus of attention as never before. Greg Gianforte holds a press conference at the Capitol on Aug.

After covid-19 arrived in Park County Montana the local health officer Dr. Montana Board of Regents gets a report on COVID-19 across state campuses and an update on the Legislatures impacts on higher education. Greg Gianforte said his administration has secured an agreement to make six hospital beds at the Fort Harrison VA medical center available for patients who dont otherwise qualify for health.

The latest resources and information from the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services can be found below. 2 days agoVisit Yellowstone Public Radio or Montana Public Radio for a transcript of the episode. In a few short months states have gone from donating surplus rapid COVID-19 tests to states with shortages to hoarding them as demand driven by the spike in cases strains supplies.

Get your Montana news from the source. Supreme Court on Friday heard nearly four hours of oral arguments about two Biden administration emergency mandates that would require with few exceptions COVID-19 vaccination of employees of large businesses and hospitals and clinics that receive federal funding. Montanas independent nonprofit news source.

Courtesy Montana Public Affairs Network About a month later Gianforte eliminated the Bullock-era indoor mask mandate for most counties soon after signing legislation to limit pandemic-related lawsuits against businesses. Posted in Coronavirus UPDATED. DPHHS sent 45 of those to hospitals and health clinics according to a Montana Free Press and KHN analysis of the states data.

COVID aid to protect Montana prisons and jails sits unused. To me our free press is one of the things that makes America America Mike Dennison said reflecting on 40 years in journalism. Montana Free Press experiments with newsletters for local COVID-19 coverage Learn how a local news outlet reimagines newsletter products and workflow and grows its audience in the process.

Thank you for supporting Montana Free Press and being a part of our community. Open Search Search for. Photo by Jill Van Alstyne Montana Free Press With COVID cases rising again there were 42 cases on the reservation as of Jan.

Montana Free Press. But the money part of 700 million in aid to states to detect and mitigate COVIDs spread in prisons. The Blackfeet Reservation borders the east side of the park.

Laurel Desnick became the. Montana Free Press is an independent nonprofit source for in-depth local news information and analysis. To me our free press is.

In granting the injunction which was requested by several states including Idaho. After covid-19 arrived in Park County Montana the local health officer Dr. Blackfeet Nation leaders citing the ongoing coronavirus pandemic have decided to keep the eastern entrances to Glacier National Park closed for the rest of the tourism season.

In an effort to assess what information is available on local COVID-19 testing in Montana journalists with Montana Free Press Montana Public Radio Yellowstone Public Radio the Bozeman Daily Chronicle and Lee Newspapers teamed up to ask the local health officials serving each of Montanas 56 counties how many of their residents had been. We work independently and in collaboration with other news outlets around Montana to produce meaningful news stories that have an impact on. States were sharing COVID test kits.

The tribes Business Council passed an ordinance on Thursday. By Katheryn Houghton Kaiser Health News 02012022. Prior to joining Montana Free Press Mara worked at Slate and WNYC where she focused on radio and podcasts.

Your membership makes this and all our other local reporting possible. 25 the tribe extended some emergency measures through March 15 and schools returned to remote learning for several days. District Court judge in Georgia last Tuesday temporarily blocked a third COVID-19 vaccine requirement issued by President Joe Biden that would apply to federal contractors and subcontractors.

Alex Sakariassen Over the past month a string of developments and deadlines have begun to offer a clearer picture of how Montanas public school system will make use of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief funding for K-12 education. She got her start in audio journalism as an intern at Montana Public Radio. Montana Free Press.

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