Senator Jon Tester

Q2 reports the final stretch of Beartooth Highway south of Red Lodge will gain two three-foot shoulders for bicyclists, thank to a $16 million federal grant. Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester announced Tuesday the U.S Department of Transportation will provide the funds through the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant program...

The Billings Gazette reports on Montana lawmakers’ response to President Donald Trump’s endorsement Wednesday of arming teachers as a solution to school shootings. Neither Republican U.S. Senator Steve Daines nor Democratic Sen. Jon Tester considered training and arming teachers as an adequate deterrent or response to school shootings...

This week, Montana Senator Steve Daines led a coalition of his colleagues to allow tribes’ access to national criminal databases during a meeting of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.

Protesters gather outside UM's Dennison Theater to oppose the speaking engagement of conservative reporter and columnist Mike Adams.

At a recent U.S. Senate hearing, Montana’s Jon Tester promoted the Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act, a plan to preserve 79,000 acres of public lands.

Q2 reports that Montana’s top elected officials reacted to President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address, predictably falling mostly along party lines. Republican Sen. Steve Daines said “…we heard the President speak of a nation that is strong and secure...

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester announced this week that he’s getting more involved in bipartisan negotiations over border security. The Montana Democratic lawmaker reportedly met Tuesday with Homeland Security Secretary Kristjen Nielsen and senators from both parties to develop an agreement before the February 8th deadline for another possible federal government shutdown...

A team effort to help veterans cope with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder was announced on Monday at Providence St. Patrick Hospital that began with a video featuring Senator Jon Tester touting a Phase 3 clinical trial of a new drug called Tonmya.

Montana Sen. Jon Tester has joined a growing number of Democratic legislators calling for fellow caucus member, Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota, to resign following a series of sexual misconduct allegations. In a tweet posted Wednesday, Tester said “Elected officials must be held to a high standard, Al Franken is no exception...

Montana’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester has said he couldn’t support President Donald Trump’s tax bill, because of the debt it passes on to future generations, saying in an email [quote] “The Senate bill as currently drafted saddles our kids and grand kids with more crushing debt by adding nearly $1.5 trillion to the deficit…And it raises taxes on Montana families, forces cuts to Medicare, and benefits wealthy out-of-staters at the expense of hard-working Montanans.” [end quote]