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Jon Tester

Tester brings in $2 million for Montana manufacturers

GOP Senate nominee Tim Sheehy falsely accuses Sen. Jon Tester of cutting Social Security

Tim Sheehy

Ryan Busse proposes Montana property tax cut after rates shot up under Gov. Gianforte

Raph Graybill, Ryan Busse

GOP blocks bill that would have reduced Montana’s child poverty rate by 45%

Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., speaks during the Senate Republicans' weekly news conference in the Capitol on Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

Sheehy promises balanced budget but backs tax cuts that would add $4.6 trillion to debt

Tim Sheehy speaks to supporters in Gallatin Gateway, Montana, June 4, 2024 (Screenshot from Independent Record/YouTube)

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a town hall event at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, Mich., Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Donald Trump’s plan to lower grocery costs would actually increase them

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump responds to a question during a campaign event at the Economic Club of New York, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump’s lack of a plan to make child care affordable is ‘insulting to parents,’ CEO says

Wind turbines are seen in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Oct 15, 2021. (STRF/STAR MAX/IPx)

Inflation Reduction Act has led to a clean energy boom, new reports show

Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, speaks before President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, at Prince George's Community College, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024 in Largo, Md. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Medicare secures billions in savings on prescriptions

Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., a Republican, talks to reporters as he arrives to the Republican caucus meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Some House Republicans admit that Harris-backed law ‘created good jobs’

Solar electric panels are viewed outside of a home in the Wedgefield neigborhood, Monday, June 24, 2024, in Orlando, Fla. (Phelan M. Ebenhack via AP)

Thousands of Montana residents claimed home energy tax credits

A 'Welcome to Montana" sign is seen along Montana State Highway 72 near Chance, Mont., on May 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Robert Yoon)

Montana receives $49.7 million federal grant for community programs to cut pollution

Steven Harvey

Montana retiree saves on diabetes drugs thanks to Tester-backed law

Amazon employees load packages on carts before being put on to trucks for distribution for Amazon's annual Prime Day event at an Amazon's DAX7 delivery station on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in South Gate, Calif. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

U.S. economy continues to improve under Biden-Harris administration

International Women's Day

Abortion bans cost the US economy billions of dollars in lost labor and productivity

Gas Prices

Inflation in the US declined in June, led by drop in gasoline prices

A 'Welcome to Montana" sign is seen along Montana State Highway 72 near Chance, Mont., on May 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Robert Yoon)

American Rescue Plan has helped Montana’s economic recovery since 2021