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Archive of Montana on Tuesday June 30, 2009
MT: Political group told to ID donors
In a long-awaited decision, Montana's top political cop says a conservative group that spent nearly $1.2 million promoting a trio of Montana ballot measures in 2006 paid for "campaign speech" and therefore must identify its financial donors. Read More
MT: Flu fears hurt pork industry
RAPELJE, Mont. -- The sign at the end of Hog Farm Road warns outsiders to come no further, which is pig man Don Herzog's way of shielding his swine from human pathogens. Read More
Furloughs cut into state services
With states facing a $121 billion shortfall in the next fiscal year, a growing number of them have turned to squeezing their workforce for savings, and effects both great and small will be felt. Read More
MT: Fourth of July travel expected to increase
Travel in and around Montana has largely been a last-minute decision this year, and that trend probably will continue into the Fourth of July weekend, said Sarah Lawlor of Travel Montana, the state's tourism office. Read More
MT: Governor selects Hammill as new chief of staff
Gov. Brian Schweitzer on Monday appointed his chief troubleshooter, Vivian Hammill, as his new chief of staff. Read More
MT: MT-owned coal tracts moving toward possible lease
The Montana Land Board is holding public hearings this week over whether to lease for development state land near Ashland that contains roughly 600 million tons of coal. Read More
ID: Senate considers fund for wolf kill payments
Ranchers in Idaho, Wyoming and Montana who lose sheep or cattle to wolves may soon have a federal fund to turn for reimbursement. Read More
US: EPA lists sites where coal ash may pose threat
WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday made public a list of 26 communities in 10 states where residents are potentially threatened by coal ash storage ponds similar to one that flooded a neighborhood in Tennessee last year. Read More
US: Ruling adds teeth to state oversight of banks
For years, state governments have had little power to enforce consumer-protection and lending rules at the country's biggest banks. No more. Read More
US: Obama steers health debate out of capital
WASHINGTON — With Democrats deeply divided over health legislation, President Obama is trying to enlist the nation's governors and his own army of grass-roots supporters in a bid to increase pressure on lawmakers without getting himself mired in the messy battle playing out on Capitol Hill. Read More
US: A green way to dump low-tech electronics
Since 2004, 18 states and New York City have approved laws that make manufacturers responsible for recycling electronics, and similar statutes were introduced in 13 other states this year. Read More |
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