Archive of Montana on Friday October 30, 2009
MT: Major state pension funds fall way behind
By Charles S. Johnson, Billings Gazette
With the value of their investment assets plunging for the year ending June 30, Montana's two major state pension funds racked up massive increases in their unfunded liabilities, a legislative committee learned Friday.
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MT: Governor requests workers' comp info
By Mike Dennison, Billings Gazette
The Schweitzer administration is posing tough questions to the state workers' compensation fund, seeking more details on why state government's workers' comp insurance rates have doubled this decade.
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MT: Montana students fare well in math performance
By Staff and Wire Reports, Great Falls Tribune
Many states declare students to have grade-level mastery of reading and math when they do not, the U.S. Education Department reported Thursday.
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MT: First lady helps families weatherize their homes
By Jamie Kelly, Missoulian
Montana's first lady, as part of the state Warm Hearts Warm Homes weatherization program, began hammering up new weather stripping along the front door's top edge, risking her first fingers with every thwack.
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Weekly wrap: Rating agency slams Conn. on borrowing
By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org Staff Writer
Agency lowers Conn. credit outlook; federal broadband grants will be delayed a month; and confusion continues on stimulus job claims.
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