President Trump posted "I LOVE MONTANA" in all caps. This, after he spoke about having a call with the governor AND approving an emergency declaration for the state following recent flooding.
You know him from Dirty Jobs, from his mikeroweWORKS Foundation, and from his yeoman's work at inspiring more young people to enter into the trades. The one and only Mike Rowe is in Montana, and we got to talk to him Thursday morning.
Montana Governor Greg Gianforte (R-MT) vetoed hundreds of millions in spending. Many of the spending bills got pushed across the finish line by a handful of Republicans and legislative Democrats.
Coal miners south of Roundup are typically digging that beautiful clean coal out of the ground, but this week- they broke ground on a new indoor ice arena in Billings, Montana.
Think about how popular college rodeo is here in Montana...getting shooting sports back up and running on our college campuses would also be very popular. Good news on that front.
"Tax cuts could save Montanans millions, but leave cities scrambling." Ah yes...the state will figure out how to cut our property taxes...but the cities: "HOW WILL WE EVER FIGURE IT OUT???!!!"
We were talking about the governor's visit to the White House over the weekend. That's when Frank in Malta asked if the governor talked with President Trump about the Keystone pipeline.
We started the morning at the Montana Governor's breakfast with all of the great Montana gun and outdoor gear businesses here for the SHOT Show- which is basically the world's biggest gun and outdoor gear show.
With the outdoor ceremonies cancelled, dozens of Montanans who travelled to Washington for the inauguration ended up attending a watch party on Capitol Hill. Here's at least one Montanan who made it inside the Capital One Arena for Trump's speech.