Montana on Friday November 06, 2009

MT: Study: Tax system hurts poor
By Staff Reports, Billings Gazette
HELENA - Montana taxes the incomes of the working poor harsher than any state, a report Wednesday said.
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MT: State Democratic Party names new director
By Charles S. Johnson, Billings Gazette
David Benson, a veteran of political campaigns in South Dakota and Minnesota, has taken over as the new executive director of the Montana Democratic Party.
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MT: State's Fort Harrison heightens security in wake of Fort Hood shootings
By Martin Kidston, Missoulian
Commanders at Fort Harrison moved swiftly Thursday in the wake of the Fort Hood, Texas, shootings to see if any Montana troops are currently at the Army's largest military post.
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MT: Committee to repeat 1970s-era study of Montana women
By The Associated Press, Missoulian
Members of Montana's Interagency Committee for Change by Women are brushing off a survey done by the group in 1977 to see how it compares to how women are faring today.
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Weekly wrap: Louisiana pleasantly surprised by haul from tax amnesty program
By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org Staff Writer
More than $300 million is generated from delinquent Louisiana taxpayers; California finance chief hangs it up; Iowa Gov. Culver campaigns as problem solver; and stimulus Web site turns up boo-boos.
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