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• Great Falls Rising Adopts I-15 Highway Section in Memory of Stagecoach Mary

  By Great Falls Rising on June 12, 2021

  

  Many folks were disappointed when Rep. Jessica Karjala’s (D-HD 48) bill, HB 662, Establish the Mary Fields Memorial Highway, was heard in the House Transportation Committee during the 2021 Montana legislative session, and was promptly tabled. The Board of Great Falls Rising… Read More ›

• Want to Participate in the MT Legislature’s Children, Families, Health, and Human Services Interim Committee? Here’s how!

  By Sharon Patton-Griffin on June 8, 2021

  Materials for the June 16 meeting of the MT Legislature’s Children, Families, Health, and Human Services Interim Committee are now available online. https://leg.mt.gov/committees/interim/cfhhs/meeting-info/… The materials include: — the preliminary agenda; — a draft work plan outlining the committee’s responsibilities and… Read More ›

• GFR Hosts Mike Dennison

  By Sharon Patton-Griffin on May 26, 2021

  Fifty plus people enjoyed the GFR Mike Dennison gathering Tuesday evening. Mike’s ability to blend his knowledge of the Montana Legislature’s history with his experience covering the the 2021 Legislative session made for an informative and entertaining hour and a… Read More ›

• 2021 Election Laws

  By Sharon Patton-Griffin on May 23, 2021

  This article is attached to the one below which provides the Montana laws passed this session which match the laws in this article. Here are the laws passed by the 2021 legislature and signed into law by Gov. Gianforte which… Read More ›

• MIKE DENNISON, POLITICAL REPORTER, TO SPEAK TO GREAT FALLS RISING

  By Sharon Patton-Griffin on May 20, 2021

  Great Falls Rising is pleased and excited to announce that our next ‘gathering’ will be in person. Date: Tuesday, May 25th Time: 6:30 p.m. Location: Darkhorse Hall in the basement of the Celtic Cowboy 116 1st Avenue South Our speaker… Read More ›

• CRIME TASK FORCE MEMBERS SCHEDULED FOR APPOINTMENT AT MAY 18 COMMISSION MEETING

  By Sharon Patton-Griffin on May 14, 2021

  CRIME TASK FORCE MEMBERS SCHEDULED FOR APPOINTMENT AT MAY 18 COMMISSION MEETING During their May 18 meeting, City Commissioners will consider adding two more members to the crime task force, making it a 9-member panel. Commissioners established the task force… Read More ›

• Your Voice Matters!

  By Sharon Patton-Griffin on May 14, 2021

  CRIME TASK FORCE MEMBERS SCHEDULED FOR APPOINTMENT AT MAY 18 COMMISSION MEETING During their May 18 meeting, City Commissioners will consider adding two more members to the crime task force, making it a 9-member panel. Commissioners established the task force… Read More ›

• Great Falls Rising Board Member Helena Lovick Organizes a MApril Cleanup Crew May 8th in Great Falls!

  By Sharon Patton-Griffin on May 8, 2021

• GFR Gives Thanks to our Schools’ Frontline Workers: Loy and Longfellow Elementary Schools

  By Great Falls Rising on May 1, 2021

  

  ***Every week since February, Great Falls Rising has sent out a message honoring two public schools in Great Falls for their dedication and concern for our students and community during this horrific pandemic. Today we send our last, and our… Read More ›

• GFR Gives Thanks to our Schools’ Frontline Workers: Lewis & Clark Elementary School and the Great Falls Career and College Readiness Center

  By Great Falls Rising on April 28, 2021

  

  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 ›

• ACTION NEEDED: Four Things You Can Do NOW

  By Great Falls Rising on April 26, 2021

  

  For your information and involvement: The end of the session is nigh, and last week was a veritable roller coaster. We joyously said goodbye to SB 379, only to have it resurrected in HB 695. We were also blindsided by an anti-environmentalist amendment to HB… Read More ›

• GFR Gives Thanks to our Schools’ Frontline Workers: Morningside and Chief Joseph Elementary Schools

  By Great Falls Rising on April 19, 2021

  

  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 ›

• School Board Candidate Forum Tonight

  By Sharon Patton-Griffin on April 19, 2021

  The Electric will host an online forum with the candidates on April 19 from 6-7:30 p.m. The candidates will be in one room and we’ll stream the discussion on Facebook live on The Electric’s page. There are eight candidates running for… Read More ›

• Guest view: Montana won’t get fooled again … or will it?

  By Sharon Patton-Griffin on April 17, 2021

  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 ›

• NorthWestern Energy Ratepayer Rebellion!

  By Sharon Patton-Griffin on April 12, 2021

  

  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 ›

• ACTION NEEDED NOW: SB379 Welfare Bill for NorthWestern Energy Hurts Ratepayers

  By Great Falls Rising on April 12, 2021

  

  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 ›

• GFR Gives Thanks to our Schools’ Frontline Workers: Lincoln and Valley View Elementary Schools

  By Great Falls Rising on April 8, 2021

  

  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 ›

• KGPR Public Radio: Keeping It Local – Keeping You Informed

  By Great Falls Rising on April 6, 2021

  

  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 ›

• HB 632 Is Here! What Does It Mean for You?

  By Sharon Patton-Griffin on April 1, 2021

  

  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 ›

• GFR Gives Thanks to our Schools’ Frontline Workers: Giant Springs and Mountain View Elementary Schools

  By Great Falls Rising on April 1, 2021

  

  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 ›

• Women’s History Month: Women Have Protested Nuclear Weapons Throughout History

  By Great Falls Rising on March 31, 2021

  

  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 ›

• Women’s History Month: Elouise Pepion Cobell

  By Great Falls Rising on March 30, 2021

  

  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 ›

• Women’s History Month: Alice Paul, Iron Jawed Angel

  By Great Falls Rising on March 29, 2021

  

  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 ›

• Women’s History Month: Mary Fields, Montana Legend

  By Great Falls Rising on March 27, 2021

  

  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 ›

• YES on HB 646!

  By Sharon Patton-Griffin on March 26, 2021

  

  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 ›

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