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Food Vendor Punished For 2014 Fair Foul Will Return in 2016
In 2014, three North Star vending booths were shut down at the Western Montana Fair after large quantities of meat were found that had not been refrigerated for multiple days. Since then, the Missoula City-County Health Department has been monitoring the vendors, and, according to Fairground Director Todd Garrett, they will be back serving food in 2016...
MT Officials ‘Frustrated’ by Jump in Affordable Care Act Insurance Prices
Health Insurance rates on the Affordable Care Act marketplace in Montana are jumping up by as much as 40% in some cases, and state officials are calling the news “frustrating.”
“Insurance rates are going up in 2016," said Montana State Insurance Commissioner Monica Lindeen's Public Information Officer Jennifer McKee...
Study Shows Stress at Work is Just as Bad as Secondhand Smoke
I'm just as stressed as the next college senior, but work stress can add a lot to an individual's plate. A new study by Harvard Business School as well as Stanford University shows that workplace stress can be just as harmful as secondhand smoke.
Senator Steve Daines and the Forest Service Work to Improve Forest Health Restoration Projects, Clarify Importance of CEs
Forest restoration was at the front of Senator Steve Daines’ mind today as he encouraged the U.S. Forest Service to restore the health of the national forest system. With Montana’s recent drought designations in mind, Daines asked Forest Service Chief Thomas Tidwell to discuss the importance of Categorical Exclusions…something that may be of benefit to future forest health restoration projects.
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Governor Steve Bullock’s New Executive Order Helps Health of Native Americans in Montana
Governor Bullock signed an executive order to address American Indian Health disparities today.
How Are Those New Year’s Resolutions Workin’ For Ya?
Did you lose weight? Quit smoking? Learn a new language? Learn to play an instrument? Visit a foreign country? Start a money saving budget? Reduce debt? What happened? — February?
More Montana Children in Welfare Systems Living in Families
On any given night, about 57,000 children under the care of our nation’s child welfare systems are going to bed without the care and comfort of a family, according to a KIDS COUNT policy report released earlier this month.
The data, highlighted by the Annie E...
Friday Fun Facts About New Year’s Resolutions
Like many of you I look at the past year and reflect on things that I might have done differently or things in my life that I could have improved.
How’s That Affordable Care Act Working Out For You?
People confuse “Healthcare” and “Health Insurance.” The Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare” as some people refer to it, is insurance — not healthcare.