KEN TOOLE (Former GFR Board Member) Apr 13, 2021 Montana Standard Fool me once. . . In 1997 a bill deregulating the Montana Power Company passed in the Republican Legislature and was signed into law by Governor Mark Racicot. Montana… Read More ›
PROTEST THE POWER GRAB! HERE’S HOW: WHEN: Wednesday, April 14, 12:00-12:30 WHERE: Central Avenue West Bridge WHY: Bill 379, sponsored by Sen. Steve Fitzpatrick of Great Falls, allows NWE to pass on any costs associated with Colstrip – including… Read More ›
From the Billings Gazette Editorial Board, reprinted in the Montana Standard There’s a horror movie being made right now for NorthWestern Energy customers. Unfortunately, it’s not a fictitious screenplay, but a documentary of impending disaster. Scene 1: A conference room… Read More ›
Great Falls Rising is acknowledging groups that are serving our community as “Frontline Workers.” Our first recognition is our Great Falls Public Schools. Our teachers, staff, administrators and all GFPS employees have fulfilled their duties to our children during a… Read More ›
In January 2021, KGPR 89.9 FM started our journey as an all volunteer listener supported radio station, and we are off to an amazing start! Many of your old favorites, like Front Range Outdoors, On Point: Veterans’ Talk Radio and Letters… Read More ›
House Passes Covid-19 Aid Bill House Bill 632, which passed a House vote on a wide bipartisan margin Tuesday, authorizes around $2 billion in federal money and creates a process for making significant investments in infrastructure, broadband connectivity, social welfare… Read More ›
Great Falls Rising is acknowledging groups that are serving our community as “Frontline Workers.” Our first recognition is our Great Falls Public Schools. Our teachers, staff, administrators and all GFPS employees have fulfilled their duties to our children during a… Read More ›
While many festivities celebrating Women’s History Month have been rightly canceled out of concern for the safety of our communities, we can still acknowledge and commend work that women have done to make this world a safer place. For generations, American… Read More ›
Elouise Pepion Cobell, also known as Yellow Bird Woman was a tribal elder and activist, banker, rancher, and lead plaintiff in the groundbreaking class-action suit Cobell v. Salazar (2009). This challenged the United States’ mismanagement of trust funds belonging to more than 500,000 individual Native… Read More ›
Alice Paul (1885 – 1977) was an American Quaker campaigner for women’s suffrage. She was born in New Jersey, USA, to a Quaker family, and was educated at Swarthmore College. While in Britain in 1908, she became a member of the suffrage organisation,… Read More ›
Mary Fields (circa 1832–1914), also known as Stagecoach Mary and Black Mary, was the first African-American female star-route (contract) mail carrier in the United States. She was not an employee of the United States Post Office Department, which did not… Read More ›
BY SHARON PATTON-GRIFFIN on MARCH 26, 2021 ACTION ALERT! Ask the HOUSE TAXATION COMMITTEE to vote YES on HB 646 to ASSIST COAL-IMPACTED WORKERS & COMMUNITIES, AND PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION COAL TRUST FUND. HB 646 sponsored by Helena Rep. Mary Ann Dunwell was assigned to the House Taxation Committee for 8… Read More ›
Jeannette Rankin of Missoula, Montana, was the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Unsurprisingly, her election made headlines across the country. People wanted to know who this western upstart was and what this radical change might portend…. Read More ›
Great Falls Rising is acknowledging groups that are serving our community as “Frontline Workers.” Our first recognition is our Great Falls Public Schools. Our teachers, staff, administrators and all GFPS employees have fulfilled their duties to our children during a… Read More ›
FOR YOUR INFORMATION: MANSFIELD METCALF CELEBRATION Join your virtual friends, grab a special snack and drink, and listen to fun music and entertaining/informative talks by our progressive friends and policymakers. Get tickets for the event here for Saturday, March 27th,… Read More ›
If the legendary gospel vocalist Mahalia Jackson had been somewhere other than the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963, her place in history would still have been assured purely on the basis of her musical legacy. But… Read More ›
