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Time to Wrap It Up

2010-05-22T08:20:00.002-06:00

I have loved doing this website. Every day has been extremely interesting in reading the newspapers from across the State and in looking at what the on-line news sites from across the nation have to say about current events. But I spend a minimum of two hours a day doing the work to keep it current. I have decided that the daily traffic no longer justifies that amount of time investment on my part. I will certainly miss doing it, but I'm wrapping it up for now.

MONDAY Update

2010-05-10T09:52:00.001-06:00

Uncomfortable truths and the Times Square attack (STRATFOR Weekly Intelligence Update)

MONDAY Addendum

2010-05-10T08:47:00.002-06:00

Trust gap will haunt Democrats in November (Washington Examiner)
Don't look to Generals to revitalize the GOP (Big Government)
Sudden love for our military appreciated, but transparent (American Thinker)
It's sex o'clock in America (CNN)
Do you want men dressed as women teaching your kids? (Traditional Values)
Transgender teen free to be herself (Dallas News)
Mall restroom evictions raise transgender ire (Seattle Times)

MONDAY News and Views

2010-05-10T07:48:00.002-06:00

Congress hopeful relishes role as underdog (Helena Independent Record)
OPINION: Is Medicaid a scam? (Helena Independent Record)
Firebomb taargets medical-marijuana business (Billings Gazette)
Tourism troubles: 'Custer Country' woes are exception, not rule (Billings Gazette)
Helena business closing after 104 years (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: Paint meth-free message on Montana landscape (Billings Gazette)
After Utah, Kentucky next GOP test (Flathead Beacon)
Primary ballots going out this week (Great Falls Tribune)
Republican state lawmakers face competition within own party (Missoulian)
State livestock agents will try to haze 400 bison back into Yellowstone (Missoulian)

SUNDAY Addendum

2010-05-09T06:54:00.002-06:00

What we lost on the border (American Thinker)
Defining dumbness down (American Thinker)
Burst of hiring aids recovery, but long slog ahead (American Thinker)
Politics, always politics (American Thinker)
Newt gingrich, Thought provocateur in chief (Townhall)

SUNDAY News and Views

2010-05-09T05:49:00.002-06:00

Democratic candidate pushes energy, budget reform (Helena Independent Record)
Rival from the right (Helena Independent Record)
Sen. Baucus rolls up his sleeves for 'work day' in Helena (Helena Independent Record)
Get ready for fiery summer in Montana, Governor warns (Helena Independent Record)
Montanans actively seeking better benefits for troops (Helena Independent Record)
Proposal would double wolf quota for 2010 season (Helena Independent Record)
Five charged after marijuana theft, assault (Helena Independent Record)
Paxinos faces arduous race for re-election (Billings Gazette)
Much at stake in legislative races (Billings Gazette)
FEMA suspicions (Billings Gazette)
Flood insurance regulations needed time to take root (Billings Gazette)
Meetings planned on easements (Billings Gazette)
Judicial candidates expound on their qualifications for office (Billings Gazette)
No lack of choices in GOP primaries across the region (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
OPINION: Limits of the two-party primary (Flathead Beacon)
States may boost wolf hunt quotas (Great Falls Tribune)
OPINION: Public has right to input on FWP changes (Great Falls Tribune)
Blackfeet Tribe to distribute $5.5M as part of oil exploration deal (Missoulian)
OPINION: Give big rig plan more time (Missoulian)
Anaconda marijuana dispensary to open (Montana Standard)
OPINION: Calculating the costs of big rigs to Montana (Montana Standard)

FRIDAY Important Update

2010-05-07T09:11:00.003-06:00

The ramifications of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (STRATFOR Global Intelligence)
The global crisis of legitimacy (STRATFOR Global Intelligence)

FRIDAY Addendum

2010-05-07T08:04:00.002-06:00

New U.S. Push to regulate internet access (Wall Street Journal)
Charles Krauthammer: Miranda and Public Safety (Townhall)
Students kicked off campus for wearing American flag tees (NBC Bay Area)

FRIDAY News and Views

2010-05-07T06:22:00.002-06:00

Some Montana agencies submit budget wish lists (Helena Independent Record)
Sen. Tester introduces bill to get more info to public on the Web (Helena Independent Record)
Jones' actions criticized (Helena Independent Record)
House District 84 Republican primary features candidates Dooling and Miller (Helena Independent Record)
Governor speaks to Saudis after reports of harassment (Helena Independent Record)
Asbestos-sickened Libby residents to get Medicare (Helena Independent Record)
Clock ticks on railroad rate reform (Billings Gazette)
Air Force making its case for bomber training (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: Mental-health trustee taps top advisers (Billings Gazette)

THURSDAY Update

2010-05-06T09:45:00.002-06:00

Soldier-Citizens to the rescue? (Townhall)
Karl Rove: The President and the politics of civility (Wall Street Journal)
Blame Obama. Why not? (Wall Street Journal)
Lingerie with your latte (Big Sky Press)
Baristas at new coffee shop to wear lingerie (Montana Kaimin)
New Missoula coffee shop features ladies in lingerie (Q2 KTVQ Billings)

THURSDAY Addendum

2010-05-06T05:45:00.002-06:00

Fixing what ain't broke, hiding what is (American Thinker)
Government is Me (American Thinker)
Enforcing immigration law would be a bargain (Washington Examiner)
How conservatives should handle immigration (Townhall)
Boot the boot metaphor (Townhall)

THURSDAY News and Views

2010-05-06T05:11:00.002-06:00

Schweitzer touts state's $402 million cushion (Helena Independent Record)
Legislator criticized for receiving grant money he proposed creating (Helena Independent Record)
Two GOP candidates face off in PSC District 5 primary (Helena Independent Record)
OPINION: Does state's Legislature look like Montana? (Billings Gazette)
Medical marijuana patient denies drug charges (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Montana nominee for Supreme Court intriguing choice (Great Falls Tribune)
Former representatives seek Democratic nomination for Missoula County Senate seat (Missoulian)
State mulls land buy (Montana Standard)

TUESDAY Addendum

2010-05-04T19:58:00.002-06:00

Obamacon doves vs. hard-money heartland hawks (Townhall)
Early harbingers of the health care fiasco (American Thinker)
Palin and the leftist elites (American Thinker)
More than just Government (American Thinker)
Social Security's straightforward math (American Thinker)
The left loses its way by abandoning 'Third Way' (American Thinker)
Postmodernism: A unified theory of all the trouble in the world (American Thinker)
O, such sad deception (American Thinker)

TUESDAY News and Views

2010-05-04T05:25:00.002-06:00

Governor supports jobs created by equipment move (Helena Independent Record)
Barkus trial set for after November general election (Helena Independent Record)
State gets three new assistant US attorneys (Helena Independent Record)
Council looks at bans on pot businesses,. . . (Billings Gazette)
Former justice fills mental-health panel (Billings Gazette)
State Tobacco Service says 35,000 served (Flathead Beacon)
Tester doubts immigration reform will happen this year (Flathead Beacon)
OPINION: Restrict marijuana locations, then work lawmakers (Great Falls Tribune)
Crowley, Hill running for Missoula's House District 94 (Missoulian)
Stevensville panel seeks input on growth, distribution of medical marijuana (Missoulian)
EDITORIAL: 'Legal' drug requires regulation: Labor panel could help rein in problems of booming marijuana industry (Missoulian)

MONDAY News and Views

2010-05-03T05:29:00.002-06:00

We're back!!

Democrat House hopeful Rankin running without much money (Helena Independent Record)
Montana exports decline amid recession (Helena Independent Record)
Kalispell residents protest Nazi film (Helena Independent Record)
State's reappraisal accurate, study says (Helena Independent Record)
Regents cut U-system budget (Helena Independent Record)
Rehberg sponsors bill to aid military spouses (Helena Independent Record)
Democrat congressional candidate McDonald adheres to populist roots (Billings Gazette)
Livingstone HealthCare employees reject union (Billings Gazette)
TransCanada wants landowners to preserve fossils (Billings Gazette)
Most medical marijuana users, providers in Montana (Billings Gazette)
Left on their own, cities test new marijuana rules (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: Legal or not, pot shops don't belong near schools (Billings Gazette)
GOP expands political playing field; Dems slipping (Flathead Beacon)
Schweitzer: Transportation project will help Montana economy (Missoulian)

BABY HIATUS

2010-04-27T18:09:00.002-06:00

Our daughter is birthing baby #8 and I am the responsible adult for the other seven. I will be off-line for a few days. Check back later!

TUESDAY Addendum

2010-04-27T06:01:00.002-06:00

A carefully crafted immigration law in Arizona (Washington Examiner)
Obama's Budget Director: Powerful rationing panel (not doctors) will control health care levels (Breitbart TV)
2008 bank meltdown: The Fed did it, says Bob Mundell (American Thinker)
What's behind the anti-Tea Party hate narrative? (Townhall)
Five arguments Republicans should use against Obama's Immigration bill (Townhall)
Arizona takes off its 'Rainbow Shades' (Townhall)
Obama(doesn't)care taking surprise hits (Townhall)

TUESDAY News and Views

2010-04-27T04:37:00.003-06:00

Auditor: Health reform top priority (Helena Independent Record)
Judge sets hearing on wolf delisting (Helena Independent Record)
Rehberg challenger wants to take GOP back to its roots (Helena Independent Record)
Proposed Canadian drug imports raise many questions (Helena Independent Record)
Agency altering DUI classes (Billings Gazette)
Border checkpoint repairs to cost 1/3 of estimate (Billings Gazette)
Baucus says expect a bank tax (Flathead Beacon)
FWP, Monsanto settle (Great Falls Tribune)
Army Guard unit receives notice it will head to Iraq (Great Falls Tribune)
Equality ordinance stands; council dispenses with motion to reconsider (Missoulian)
State Legislature panel taking medical marijuana testimony today (Missoulian)
State legislative primaries: Three running for House District 11 (Missoulian)
Billings to consider medical marijuana ordinance (Montana Standard)

MONDAY Addendum

2010-04-26T06:37:00.002-06:00

The next woman on the Left's hate list (American Thinker)
Today is 'Draw Mohammed Day' (American Thinker)
Reid: Health bill is most important thing Senate has done for the world (The Hill)
Defining the conservative versus liberal divide (Townhall)
November's last laugh! (Townhall)
From starve the beast to feed the beast (Townhall)
Hold the VAT -- Taxpayers may prefer spending cuts (Townhall)

MONDAY News and Views

2010-04-26T05:36:00.002-06:00

French's faith guides House candidacy as he battles Rehberg (Helena Independent Record)
Air Force creates steering committee for ICBMs (Helena Independent Record)
OPINION: 60-40 vote on discrimination ordinance (Helena Independent Record)
Rockies' natural gas export could increase 25% (Billings Gazette)
Medicare 'doughnut hole' hits seniors (Billings Gazette)
Montana officials predict tourism growth (Billings Gazette)
LETTER: We will have to pay for all Obama's misdeeds (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Health care law's unfinished business: cost curbs (Flathead Beacon)
Marijuana enforcement a headache for officers (Great Falls Tribune)
OPINION: Cutting services isn't enough, we need new revenue (Great Falls Tribune)
East Idaho sheep station won't graze grizzly area (Montana Standard)

SUNDAY Addendum

2010-04-25T07:09:00.002-06:00

Taxes may be down now, but increases loom, analysts say (Fox News)
Wisconsin and the voter fraud agenda (Wall Street Journal)
Why clarity always trumps unity (Townhall)
Message from Arizona: Don't tread on me (Townhall)
General Boykin and Major Hasan (Townhall)
My last Goodwin Liu column -- I really hope (Townhall)
GEORGE WILL: In praise of cheerful men (Townhall)

SUNDAY News and Views

2010-04-25T05:52:00.002-06:00

Event will bring nationally known speakers to state (Helena Independent Record)
Rehberg faces GOP challengers as he runs for 6th House term (Helena Independent Record)
NorthWestern executives well-paid by Montana standards (Helena Independent Record)
Consensus mends museum rift (Helena Independent Record)
This time, Rehberg faces busy primary (Billings Gazette)
LETTER: Marx or Madison? The choice is yours (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Medical marijuana boom raises questions across Montana (Great Falls Tribune)
Montana Legislature to look into medical marijuana issues (Great Falls Tribune)
OPINION: Credit due to administration on handling of State budget (Great Falls Tribune)
Smurfit-Stone bankruptcy plan has some upset: Shareholders claim company is putting too low a value on business (Missoulian)
LETTER: Municipal, district court judges should have law degree (Missoulian)
Hebgen Lake ranch put under conservation easement (Montana Standard)

SATURDAY Addendum

2010-04-24T06:56:00.002-06:00

More than meets the eye to GM payback story (American Thinker)
Democrats at the edge of the cliff (Wall Street Journal)
Lying about jobs (Investor's Business Daily)
O's hollow promises (New York Post)
Making war over history (Townhall)
California dumbs down tests (Townhall)
The VAT's in the fire (Townhall)

SATURDAY News and Views

2010-04-24T05:46:00.002-06:00

Schweitzers report 2009 income taxes (Helena Independent Record)
Veterans omnibus bill includes Tester's provisions (Helena Independent Record)
'Doughnut hole' made smaller by health bill (Helena Independent Record)
Montana gets nearly $1 million settlement on pyramid scheme (Helena Independent Record)
Baucus' donors in fraud suit (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: Health law lays foundation for improving patient care (Billings Gazette)
New brucellosis 'hot spots' found in Yellowstone area (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
3 wolf packs in SW Montana to be eliminated (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Chester medical marijuana provider arrested for selling to non-cardholders (Great Falls Tribune)
OPINION: Ohio county's budget cuts get judge all fired up (Missoulian)

FRIDAY News and Views

2010-04-23T05:51:00.002-06:00

Montana business goes global with 'green'diapers (Helena Independent Record)
Supreme Court race brings funds with partisan overtones (Helena Independent Record)
Montana bankrkuptcy judge appointed to appellate panel (Helena Independent REcord)
Billings Clinic gets $2.2 million in stimulus funds (Billings Gazette)
Montana negotiates lower rent on dozens of leases (Billings Gazette)
Idaho group wary of Exxon oil project route (Billings Gazette)
Indian leaders want energy development streamlined (Billings Gazette)
CenturyTel, seeking scale, to buy Qwest for $10.6B (Billings Gazette)
Home sales in the west surge 17 percent in March (Flathead Beacon)
Kalispell murder: suspects say they bludgeoned man for his marijuana and money (Missoulian)
Report: MSU generated 77,375 tons of CO2 in 2009 (Montana Standard)

THURSDAY News and Views

2010-04-22T05:32:00.002-06:00

Missoula intel, surveillance system developer signs deal with IBM (Helena Independent Record)
Butte gets go-ahead on new museum (Helena Independent Record)
EDITORIAL: MHS board must take leadership (Helena Independent Record)
Full slate of judicial hopefuls at forum (Billings Gazette)
Mom's quest turns into multimillion-dollar business (Billings Gazette)
EPA names new regional director (Billings Gazette)
MT court disbands commission on unauthorized law (Billings Gazette)
Wind turbines generate jobs, questions (Great Falls Tribune)
DNRC to consider new wind farm leases (Great Falls Tribune)
Plum Creek decries Seeley Lake Regional Plan's slow process (Missoulian)
Wind farm developers eye school trust land (Montana Standard)
OPINION: An open letter to Sen. Max Baucus (Montana Standard)

WEDNESDAY Addendum

2010-04-21T06:52:00.002-06:00

Obama's fifth-quarter Gallup approval slips, among worst 3 of modern presidents (Los Angeles Times)
Is Goldman Obama's Enron? No, it's worse! (Washington Examiner)
Frank Rich: Demonizer-in-chief (Townhall)
Myths about Capitalism (Townhall)
All the President's Goldman Sachs men (Townhall)
Bill Clinton, still smearing conservatives (Townhall)

WEDNESDAY News and Views

2010-04-21T05:47:00.002-06:00

Schweitzer, ND senator seek Canadian medicine (Helena Independent Record)
Montana-grown biofuel takes off in jet engines (Helena Independent Record)
Montanans to get extra benefits from federal unemployment (Helena Independent Record)
OPINION: Reform: Better value for the dollar (Helena Independent Record)
Montana woman named to federal crop insurance board (Billings Gazette)
Bozeman seeks input on medical marijuana (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
MSU prepares for expected state budget cuts (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Council votes to prohibit medical marijuana businesses in Kalispell (Flathead Beacon)
POLL: Do you agree with Kalispell City Council's decision to ban new medical marijuana businesses? (Flathead Beacon)
Farm and ranch rent on the rise in the region (Flathead Beacon)
OPINION: Pair of hot-button topics on interim committee agenda (Great Falls Tribune)
EDITORIAL: Cost-saving contest a win-win for all (Missoulian)

TUESDAY Addendum

2010-04-20T07:40:00.002-06:00

Bringing humanity back to the abortion debate (Washingtonn Post)
Fannie and Freddie Amnesia (Wall Street Journal)
Why government regulation fails (Wall Street Journal)
What's behind the anti-Tea Party hate narrative (Washington Examiner)
Protesting the Protesters (Townhall)
Making the number who hire go higher (Townhall)
As government expands, beware the Post Office example (Townhall)
The limits of power (Townhall)
Seven reasons Government has become completely dysfunctional in America (Townhall)

TUESDAY News and Views

2010-04-20T06:38:00.002-06:00

Governor announces four finalists in cost-cutting ideas contest (Helena Independent Record)
Elk affected more by humans than by wolves, study says (Helena Independent Record)
Supercomputer could help in firefighting strategy (Helena Independent Record)
EDITORIAL: Medical marijuana laws perplexing (Helena Independent Record)
Financiers considering sale of Bresnan Communications (Billings Gazette)
Republicans push for fairer districting (Billings Gazette)
Arab students being harassed in Butte, college says (Billings Gazette)
Montana trapping in the cross-hairs of ballot initiative (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Leading economic indicators jump 1.4 percent, topping estimates (Flathead Beacon)
OPINION: Pair of hot-button topics on interim committee agenda (Great Falls Tribune)
MDT presents assessment of oil rig route through Missoula County today (Missoulian)
Natelson tells Missoula conservatives Constitution radically reinterpreted (Missoulian)
Trial to decide who pays for creek cleanup (Montana Standard)

MONDAY Addendum

2010-04-19T06:30:00.002-06:00

The Beholden State California (City Journal)
Worrying about Iran. . .in South America (Power Line)
Interested in Hillary's Plans? Just watch Bill (Townhall)
Tea Partiers fight Obama's culture of dependence (Townhall)
Obama signs bill extending unemployment benefits and COBRA subsidies (Chigao Examiner)

MONDAY News and Views

2010-04-19T05:09:00.002-06:00

NRA gun-shy of suit vs. feds (Helena Independent Record)
Candidates: Religion plalys no role in campaign (Billings Gazette)
Montana Air National Guard getting up to speed on conversion to F-15 fighter jets (Billings Gazette)
Panel to discuss health care legislation (Billings Gazette)
Gallatin County has lost thousands of jobs, but census is still at record high (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Police: Medical marijuana at center of Kalispell homicide (Flathead Beacon)
County to use current zoning rules for medical marijuana (Flathead Beacon)
With new EPA lead requirement, contractors scramble to get certified (Flathead Beacon)
OPINION: America and rural telecom co-ops are at crossroads (Great Falls Tribune)
McDonald says he turned mafia client to government witness (Missoulian)
Small businesses can still apply for state tax credit (Missoulian)
Lead paint regulations (KULR News)
Feds weigh leasing changes over climate worries (Flathead Beacon)

SATURDAY Update

2010-04-17T06:41:00.001-06:00

Religious group sues state over exclusion (Billings Gazette)

SATURDAY Addendum

2010-04-17T06:33:00.002-06:00

The Tea Party that Obama missed (Townhall)
Tea parties and the not-so-silent majority (Townhall)
Republican officials attacked and injured in New Orleans (Townhall)
24-hour party people (Townhall)
The coming deficit war (Townhall)

SATURDAY News and Views

2010-04-17T05:32:00.002-06:00

Mayor signs non-discrimination ordinance (Helena Independent Record)
OPINION: Rural water system successfully taps earmarks, ARRA (Billings Gazette)
Tester: $50 Billion bank fund an 'arbitrary figure' (Flathead Beacon)
Another grim record: Flathead's unemployment rises again (Flathead Beacon)
OPINION: Co-op leadership is out of bounds on EPA directive (Flathead Beacon)
State jobless rate rises (Great Falls Tribune)
County gives SME permit to begin construction (Great Falls Tribune)
Rule, forest plans still apply to roadless lands under Tester bill, supporters say (Missoulian)
Tester expects financial reforms will pass, won't hurt Montana-based banks (Missoulian)

FRIDAY Addendum

2010-04-16T06:47:00.002-06:00

ROVE: Why Republicans are winning on the tax issue (Wall Street Journal)
KRAUTHAMMER: Obama's nuclear posturing, part deux (Townhall)
GOP vs. Obama: Have Republicans won on national security? (Washington Examiner)
Tax protesters turn out for Tax Day (Townhall)
Examine causes before rushing to solution (Townhall)
We have overcome (Townhall)
PARP: TARP on steroids (Townhall)

FRIDAY News and Views

2010-04-16T05:37:00.002-06:00

Tea party activists rally on tax day (Helena Independent Record)
Rehberg leads money race in primary (Helena Independent Record)
Public comment open on oilfield trucking plan (Helena Independent Record)
Fishers in Rockies may need protection, U.S. agency says (Helena Independent Record)
Law to help businesses buy health plans (Billings Gazette)
Meth Project launches 'Paint the State' (Billings Gazette)
Custer Country board OKs committee to analyze DOJ investigation results (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: Draw legislative districts to keep communities intact (Billings Gazette)
Bozeman tea partiers march to the beat of their own drum (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Tea party protesters vent anger at elected officials (Great Falls Tribune)
Hundreds rally against federal spending, health reform, more at Missoula Tax Day protest (Missoulian)
Petitioners seek freeze, public vote on equality ordinance (Missoulian)
OPINION: Earmark moratorium: When it comes to spending, don't ignore the tip of the iceberg (Missoulian)

THURSDAY Addendum

2010-04-15T06:08:00.002-06:00

The Battleground Poll and the hiding elites (American Thinker)
The systematic dismantling of a secure America (American Thinker)
How 'soaking the rich' clobbers you (New York Post)
Senate vs. the Constitution (Denver Post)
That pesky First Amendment (Townhall)
Pigs at the trough (Townhall)
Establishment terrified by Tea Party (Townhall)
No (political) experience required (Townhall)
Obama to critics: Where's Armageddon? (Townhall)
Stevens: I never left sanity. Sanity left me. (Townhall)

THURSDAY News and Views

2010-04-15T05:10:00.002-06:00

State schools face insurance nightmare (Helena Independent Record)
Patrol chief opens anti-DUI gathering (Billings Gazette)
Food safety bill could take bite out of small producers (Billings Gazette)
Promising gold, silver vein found at Drumlummon (Billings Gazette)
VA shoots down governor's plan for cheap drugs (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: Children's health program must overcome delays (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: A woman's place is in the House and Senate (Billings Gazette)
Darby area rancher kills wolf mixing with horses (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
GOP: Border Patrol should control federal lands (Flathead Beacon)
Rehberg candid in criticism of Montana's U.S. Senators (Flathead Beacon)

WEDNESDAY Addendum

2010-04-14T06:35:00.002-06:00

Are Republicans losing their nerve on repeal? (Washington Post)
Opposing view on nuclear threat: 'Muddled' Obama posture (USA Today)
Tea Parties vs. Hard-Left protests (Townhall)
Lower and simplify taxes! (Townhall)
Alinsky's avenging angels: Tea Party saboteurs (Townhall)

WEDNESDAY News and Views

2010-04-14T05:28:00.002-06:00

Staff cuts may be next for state agencies (Helena Independent Record)
Lawmakers push for continued enrollment of kids in CHIP (Helena Independent Record)
Student organizer upset over venue change (Helena Independent Record)
Missoula City Council adopts non-discrimination ordinance (Helena Independent Record)
OPINION: Small business owners need to be heard (Helena Independent Record)
Schweitzer administration asking agencies to cut personnel costs by 4 percent (Billings Gazette)
Montana avoids drastic cuts in DOC budget (Billings Gazette)
Medical marijuana subject of Montana meetings (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Doctor shortage? 28 states may expand nurses' role (Flathead Beacon)
Groups look for Tea Party support on Supremem Court Nomination (Flathead Beacon)
For Montana's tourism industry, spring brings signs of life (Flathead Beacon)
Medical marijuana ordinance proposal deadlocks Great Falls panel (Great Falls Tribune)
Public weighs in on U.S. Forest Service land management rule (Missoulian)
Missosula City Council makes history in adopting non-discrimination law (Missoulian)

TUESDAY Addendum

2010-04-13T06:29:00.002-06:00

Government now largest sector of Montana economy (Montana Policy Institute)
U.S. faces shortage of doctors (Wall Street Journal)
The jobs picture still looks bleak (Wall Street Journal)
Give it Arrest (Townhall)
Democrats manipulate CBO (Townhall)
Tea Party maligned (Townhall)
More tyranny plus more taxes equals more protests (Townhall)
5 reasons to be optimistic about America's future (Townhall)

TUESDAY News and Views

2010-04-13T05:43:00.002-06:00

House GOP candidates offer distinct differences (Helena Independent Record)
More states join gun-rights case in Montana (Helena Independent Record)
Montana judge on Supreme Court list (Helena Independent Record)
OPINION: Free electronic tax return filing available to all Montanans (Helena Independent Record)
EDITORIAL: Lawsuit not good use of Bullock's time (Helena Independent Record)
2 of Rehberg's opponents speak (Billings Gazette)
Study: Alcohol tax could lower traffic deaths in state (Billings Gazette)
California says Yellowstone Club founder skips taxes (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: Outdated forest rule hinders Montana projects (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: Public forests should be managed to survive climate change (Billings Gazette)
As redistricting process begins, partisan divides emerge (Flathead Beacon)
Survey: Recovery to remain sluggish into 2011 (Flathead Beacon)
Sun River Valley residents raise concerns at Simms FWP grizzly meeting (Great Falls Tribune)
EDITORIAL: Break out the bubbly: We're free! (Great Falls Tribune)
Powder sent to Helena Fed Reserv Bank is not toxic (Missoulian)
April 15 rallies: Protesters ready for Tax Day (Missoulian)

MONDAY Addendum

2010-04-12T07:06:00.002-06:00

Congress sees no budget rush (Politico)
The jobs picture still looks bleak (Wall Street Journal)
How Fannie and Freddie foiled regulators (Washington Examiner)
Would Goodwin Liu sink the left-leaning 9th Circuit (Townhall)
Big names, big speeches close out 2010 SRLC (Townhall)
More post-racial hum-bug (Townhall)
The truth about diversity (Townhall
Obamacare will be at center of high court hearing (Townhall)

MONDAY News and Views

2010-04-12T05:34:00.002-06:00

State's medical marijuana law still a bit hazy (Helena Independent Record)
Stances, backgrounds differentiate Dem House candidates (Helena Independent Record)
Coal bed methane's effects tested (Helena Independent Record)
Support group for homosexuals moves talk due to church concerns (Helena Independent Record)
Rehberg and foes French, Otjen have differences (Billings Gazette)
Beetles force clearcut at UM experimental forest (Billings Gazette)
Montana ski areas want more leeway to cut trees (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: Review highs and lows of medical marijuana (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: Obama devises a ploy to cajole moderate votes for energy bill (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: President takes 1st step toward well-balanced eco-friendly policy (Billings Gazette)
States woo CA dairymen with less regulation (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
LETTER: We need a common sense approach to wolves (Flathead Beacon)
Montana precious metal mines up for sale (Flathead Beacon)
Caregivers: Medical marijuana proposal 'do-able' (Great Falls Tribune)
Crowds expected at Missoula council's public hearing on anti-discrimination ordinance (Missoulian)
EDITORIAL: Census counts in funding, representation (Missoulian)
Residents worried about cleanup's effects on trout (Montana Standard)

SUNDAY News and Views

2010-04-11T06:38:00.002-06:00

Our internet service was down on Friday morning, and then we were on the road to Kansas, which is where we are now. So we're back at it! (It's spring here!)

Health insurance to change quickly (Billings Gazette)
Oil refiners under scrutiny (Billings Gazette)
Great Falls mayor, Tea Party officials agree to get along (Billings Gazette)
High-risk health pool may be like what state already has (Billings Gazette)
Democrats vying for House (Billings Gazette)
Opinions diverge on end-of-life choices (Billings Gazette)
UM students favor tobacco ban on campus by slim margin (Billings Gazette)
Landlords irked over governor's bargaining (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: Legislature needs to address medical pot (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
FWP to hold three grizzly meetings over next few days (Great Falls Tribune)
Gray areas on display during medical marijuana convention (Missoulian)
Other towns see protection, little trouble with antii-discrimination ordinances (Missoulian)
Anti-discrimination ordinance hearing on tap Missoula City Council (Missosulian)
Ski area owners want more leeway to deal with dying trees (Montana Standard)

THURSDAY Addendum

2010-04-08T08:21:00.002-06:00

Early warning from Maine, Massachusetts (Forbes)
GEORGE WILL: GM's big turnaround at the federal trough (Washington Post)
MICHAEL REAGAN: Time to pay the piper? The first hint of a European-style VAT (Townhall)
America's work ethic going the way of France (Townhall)
The ongoing melodrama of victims and oppressors (Townhall)
Obama's plan to humble America (Townhall)
MICHAEL BARONE: Losing the stomach for humanitarian interventions (Townhall)

THURSDAY News and Views

2010-04-08T07:18:00.002-06:00

Seventy-four GOP legislators sign letter to Bullock (Helena Independent Record)
Citizens' cost-saving ideas top 1,000 (Helena Independent Record)
Other states plan to join Montana gun lawsuit (Helena Independent Record)
Judge nixes aerial weed spraying on Kootenai (Helena Independent Record)
Gallatin forest to restrict motorcycle, bike use in interim (Helena Independent Record)
Rallying against health reform (Helena Independent Record)
OPINION: Department of Livestock has no business managing elk (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Schweitzer's new idea for cheaper medicine: the VA (Flathead Beacon)
Nearly half of U.S. households escape federal income tax (Flathead Beacon)
OPINION: City, state electricity woes rooted deeply in the past (Great Falls Tribune)
Disappearing glaciers (Montana Standard)

WWEDNESDAY Addendum

2010-04-07T07:09:00.002-06:00

Karzai's new low (New York Post)
For old-school GOP, a hard lesson on fiscal issues (The Washington Post)
Relax, we'll be fine (New York Times)
Dems dread Supreme Court fight after elections (The Washington Examiner)
Tax hikes hurt Republicans--Just ask Utah Governor Gary Herbert (U.S. News)
True confessions from America's Census Workers (Townhall)
Parting Company (Townhall)
What Am I? (Townhall)

WEDNESDAY News and Views

2010-04-07T05:58:00.002-06:00

Panel takes on draft DUI bills (Helena Independent Record)
Insurance pool will start this summer (Helena Independent Record)
Historical Society preserves services amid cuts (Helena Independent Record)
GOP seeks costs of governor's local trips (Helena Independent Record)
'Custer Country' tourism director steps down (Helena Independent Record)
Roscoe Steel lays off workers in Billings, Missoula and Casper (Billings Gazette)
120 marijuana plants seized from Missoula man's home (Billings Gazette)
Park Service starts bioprospecting plan (Billings Gazette)
Bozeman businesses hope to lure American Airlines to Gallatin Field (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Bozeman High to lose more teaching jobs as budget tightens (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Malmstrom supporters cautiously optimistic new nuclear strategy won't hurt base (Great Falls Tribune)
UM rally calls for more higher education funding (Missoulian)

TUESDAY Addendum

2010-04-06T06:49:00.002-06:00

Race to the exits at RNC (Politico)
Rush Limbaugh, Chris Matthews and the 'regime' question (Washington Examiner)
Good advice against a con con (Townhall)
Republicans need a plan B (Townhall)
What was ObamaCare really about (Townhall)
Meet your Lords and Masters: Seven Democrats who run your world (Townhall)

TUESDAY News and Views

2010-04-06T05:33:00.002-06:00

Governor to stick with most state cuts (Helena Independent Record)
Schweitzer releases local grant funds (Helena Independent Record)
Schweitzer tweaks cuts to corrections (Helena Independent Record)
EDITORIAL: Schweitzer does the right thing (Helena Independent Record)
Crow Tea Party denounces Many Stars deal (Billings Gazette)
Forest plans controlled burns (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: Schools forced to cut while state diverts revenues to general fund (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: Hispanics count on census to reflect growth (Billings Gazette)
Conference in Bozeman looks for ways to heal Montana's race (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
LETTER: We must solve issue of dewatered streams (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
OPINION: Concern about what forest bill would actually do (Missoulian)

MONDAY P.M. Update

2010-04-05T13:14:00.001-06:00

EPA's Global Warming Regulations: A threat to American Agriculture (The Heritage Foundation)

MONDAY A.M. Update

2010-04-05T09:00:00.002-06:00

Montana Legislative Branch Interim Newsletter April (MT Gov Leg)
Corporate tax revenue down sharply (Montana Policy Institute)
Corporate tax revenue down sharply (Montana Watchdog)

MONDAY Addendum

2010-04-05T08:15:00.002-06:00

MUST READ: America's sinking middle class (American Thinker)
Barney Frank jams the revolving door (Washington Examiner)
ObamaCare's legislative dysfunctions (Washington Times)
Health care for CPAs (Townhall)
People who live in glass houses...The New York Times & The Tea Partiers (Townhall)
PAY ATTENTION PARENTS: It's almost Earth Day! (Townhall)
Under Obama, a diminished sense of opportunity (Townhall)

MONDAY News and Views

2010-04-05T07:09:00.002-06:00

Baucus certain health care reform will gain popularity (Helena Independent Record)
Pot lab opening in Bozeman (Helena Independent Record)
EDITORIAL: Most say Bullock should join suit (Helena Independent Record)
Big Piney oil company workers laid off (Billings Gazette)
Medicine Bow taps wind to help power town operations (Billings Gazette)
Widow of Montana trooper now advocating for tougher DUI law (Billings Gazette)
Redistricting hearings to be held in April (Billings Gazette)
Community centers get boost from health reform (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: All Americans will benefit from care delivery reforms (Billings Gazette)
Montana lawmaker eyes medical marijuana problems (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Republicans dispute course of financial overhaul (Flathead Beacon)
Who should really complain about paying state taxes? (Flathead Beacon)
Health care reform may increase shortage of doctors (Great Falls Tribune)
County 'isn't interested' in Plum Creek's request on density in Seeley Lake plan (Missoulian)
Medical marijuana provider creates jobs, owner says; bank reluctant to enter fray (Missoulian)
EDITORIAL: Earmark bans aren't real restraint (Missoulian)
Nuclear heartland anxious about proposed misslile cuts (Montana Standard)
OPINION: Public schools should get state land revenues (Montana Standard)

HAPPY EASTER!

2010-04-04T06:21:00.000-06:00

See you Monday.

EDITORIAL

2010-04-03T21:39:00.000-06:00

Stand For Freedom and Liberty

Why is Steve Bullock, Attorney General and the Governor, who both took an oath to protect Montana, not joining the law suit to overturn the corrupt and unconstitutional Health Care Law that Baucus designed, Tester voted for, and Obama, Reed, and Pelosi conspired, bribed, and lied about to pass into law?

We should ask how this Health Care Bill violates the U. S. Constitution. Is it because it will throw America into trillions of dollars of more debt? Is it because the law forces millions of dollars of Medicaid costs on the Montana taxpayer? Is it because it will treat seniors as a number, and a death panel will decide whether they are worth spending money on? Is it because abortion will now be funded by your tax dollars? Outrageous! Not as outrageous as the part that will mandate that every living adult in Montana and America will buy health insurance whether they want it or not. If you do not comply, the law funds the hiring of 15,000 IRS agents at the cost of 1 billion dollars to make you comply.

Never before in America’s history has a political party and a presidential administration with the cooperation of only Democrats combined with the complicity of the press orchestrated such an illegal power grab of American’s Freedom and Liberty. This is so unconstitutional that dictator Hugo Chavez of Venezuela would be envious because he does not have this kind of power. This is a clear violation of America’s Constitution, and our Democrat president and his Democrat co-conspirators know it.

If this unconstitutional law stands, the federal government will have the power to tell every citizen what they can and cannot buy. What car or truck to buy, what foods to buy and not buy, and where you can spend your money. This is worse than a nanny state; this is a statist dream, a caretaker government where the federal government is the warden of every state. President Eisenhower said it best: “If you want total security where you’re fed, clothed and given medical care go to jail, but there is no freedom.” By not filing, Montana’s Attorney General and Governor are not honoring their oath to defend our freedom and liberty against the federal government. Helena Independent Record poll shows 86% of Montanans want Bullock to file. Thankfully 16 states have filed to date.

Democrat politicians seem to have no understanding that freedom and liberty is the opposite of socialism. Freedom is being able to control your own life by working and striving to determine your own destiny. Freedom is the sunlight that frees the human spirit to create great and wonderful things. America is the testimony and proof. Socialism is the darkness that corrupts the soul and enslaves the spirit of invention and achievement. Communist Russia was the proof. This is not only anti-American; it is beyond the normal differences of political parties. This is the age old battle of freedom and liberty vs. the arrogance of big government, socialism, which today’s liberals proudly proclaim as progressivism. Progressivism is now proven to be nothing more than the vehicle to socialism which is being forced on America by an unethical President and Congress working in concert with the corrupt national press. The national press has given up on the moral code and is acting like an unprincipled national sales agency trying to sell America on a recalled and obsolete product made in Communist China. Across the spectrum, progressivism is like a mass of termites focused on consuming the framework of our Constitution and forcing our country to implode in the thrones of debt. This has to be stopped.

Conservative legislators are working on litigation that will exempt Montana from this travesty but we cannot do it alone. Visualize answering this question in the future from your children or grand children: “What did you do to stop American from being forced into socialism when Obama was President?” This could be your answer: I stood for freedom and liberty by supporting and working for conservative candidates that honored our state and federal Constitution. I became involved in political activities like the TEA party and protested what we called an Obomination. I encouraged others to register to vote because 40% of Montanans were not registered, and I knew we needed every vote to make sure progressives were relieved of their political responsibility. Now is the time to act.

Rep. David Howard

House District 60

SATURDAY News and Views

2010-04-03T05:43:00.002-06:00

AFL-CIO House endorsement raises questions (Helena Independent Record)
Montana wheat farmers to see more shipping hikes (Helena Independent Record)
Schweitzer gets letter demanding his resignation (Helena Independent Record)
Rancher helps feds acquire key land parcel (Billings Gazette)
State disputes tax protest by farmers (Billings Gazette)
Loan reform means more money available for more students (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: Senate food safety bill doesn't fit small producers (Billings Gazette)
Montana marijuana caregivers network holds informational event (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
OPINION: There's no 'gridlock' on our national forests (Flathead Beacon)
PPL Montana: Rainbow Dam upgrade on schedule (Great Falls Tribune)
Great Falls gets grant to enhance Indian Act (Great Falls Tribune)
Baucus touts health care to seniors (Flathead Beacon)

FRIDAY Addendum

2010-04-02T07:29:00.002-06:00

KRAUTHAMMER: Slapping Friends (Townhall)
The elitists vs. the rest of us (Washington Examiner)
GOLDBERG: The same old drill (Townhall)
Graph of the day for April 2, 2010 (American Thinker)
The Professor of War General Petraeus (Vanity Fair)
No longer funny (Townhall)
Would the founding fathers love ObamaCare? (Wall Street Journal)
16,500 more reasons to vote Republican in November (American Thinker)

FRIDAY News and Views

2010-04-02T06:25:00.002-06:00

Baucus touts health care bill to seniors (Helena Independent Record)
Montana census participation on par with nation (Helena Independent Record)
Havre border agents make arrests at train stop (Helena Independent Record)
Some call for house cleaning at 'Custer Country' (Helena Independent Record)
Climate concerns not enough to stop Wyoming coal mine expansion (Helena Independent Record)
McCulloch: Petition to recall Schweitzer not legal (Helena Independent Record)
OPINION: Finding common ground on energy policy (Helena Independent Record)
New firms hope to bring standards, legitimacy to medical pot (Billings Gazette)
Baucus, Grassley seek China agriculture probe (Billings Gazette)
Medical-marijuana clinic draws crowd (Billings Gazette)
Lindeen: State has role in health reform (Billings Gazette)
Bank seeks to forclose on ranch near Melrose (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: Water bill represents Crow Tribe's best interests (Billings Gazette)
Governor Schweitzer hasn't sent documentation for drug waiver (Flathead Beacon)
Stocks in regional index perform well in quarter (Great Falls Tribune)
Income jumps for Energy West holding company (Great Falls Tribune)
Missoula county commissioners: Schweitzer's coal demand sets 'perilous precedent;' still seek stimulus funds (Missoulian)
Pastors, priest creat FlushTheFear.com in support of Missoula's proposed anti-discrimination ordinance (Missoulian)
EDITORIAL: Schweitzer holds funding for ransom: Governor's demand for Otter Creek support in exchange for stimulus is wrong (Missoulian)
Geothermal power on tap? (Montana Standard)
Sen. Baucus gets grief over 'income shift' comments (Montana Standard)

THURSDAY News and Views

2010-04-01T06:33:00.002-06:00

New coal-fired power plant goes online near Gillette (Billings Gazette)
Trident cement plant announces 47 temporary layoffs (Billings Gazette)
Governor's Waiver request short on details (Billings Gazette)
EDITORIAL: Schweitzer should drop silly demands (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Mine waste cleanup to curb watershed pollution by Monarch (Great Falls Tribune)
Baucus tailors health reform provision for asbestos-stricken Libby (Missoulian)
Baucus criticized for comments about 'maldistribution' of wealth (Missoulian)
Melrose development sued for $3.8 million (Montana Standard)

WEDNESDAY Addendum #2

2010-03-31T07:11:00.002-06:00

Will a Tea Partier save Harry Reid's job? (Washington Post)
On terrorism, Holder's argument doesn't add up (Washington Examiner)

WEDNESDAY Addendum

2010-03-31T06:50:00.003-06:00

Liberals in vitriol denial (Townhall)
Frustrating, stubborn facts (Townhall)
Henry Waxman: The witch hunter of Capitol Hill (Townhall)
Obama's goal: Regime change -- in Israel (Townhall)
What we know that isn't so (Townhall)

WEDNESDAY News and Views

2010-03-31T06:00:00.002-06:00

Schweitzer wants letters of support before releasing grants (Helena Independent Record)
Tester answers questions about health care reform at MSU Billings Event (Helena Independent Record)
Court rules state can charge rent on riverbeds (Helena Independent Record)
Report says power line costs won't be passed on to Montana customers (Helena Independent Record)
Schweitzer seeking Otter Creek support (Helena Independent Record)
Cobell: Native American settlement "a stepping stone" (Billings Gazette)
Draft report on Intertie project delayed (Billings Gazette)
Schweitzer says Canadian drugs still needed after reform (Billings Gazette)
Wolves: The court of public opinion (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Baucus seeks to reframe health bill as a benefit to small businesses (Flathead Beacon)
Impacts uncertain as health care bill becomes law (Flathead Beacon)
Consumer confidence rebounds to 52.5 in March (Flathead Beacon)
OPINION: Wolf management now entering a transitional stage (Great Falls Tribune)

TUESDAY Late Day

2010-03-30T20:09:00.000-06:00

Public vs. private pay in Montana examined (Montana Policy Institute)

TUESDAY Editorials

2010-03-30T18:09:00.002-06:00

Rep. Smith Op-Ed: Adhere to the Rule of Law on Immigration Policy (Washington Times)
Rep. Ed Royce Op-Ed: The International Bailout Fund Continues (National Review)
Rep. Pence Op-Ed: This Law Will Not Stand (Wall Street Journal)
Rep. Ryan Op-Ed: Repeal, Replace with Real Reform (New York Times)

TUESDAY Addendum

2010-03-30T07:02:00.002-06:00

China: Crunch Time (STRATFOR)
Obama's ex-lobbyist appointees, Apple's iLobby and more (Open Secrets)
Oh, that inconvenient growing polar ice cap (American Thinker)
We are expected to believe (American Thinker)
TARP-ing the upper class is an outrage (Townhall)
Groups can speak now. . . if they register (Townhall)
Dems lose argument -- win dirty (Townhall)
Violent liberal hate rhetoric: Fifteen quotes (Townhall)

TUESDAY News and Views

2010-03-30T05:03:00.002-06:00

State's work-comp rates highest in nation (Helena Independent Record)
Judge blocks mine beneath Cabinet Mtn wilderness (Helena Independent Record)
Critics get some answers about power costs (Billings Gazette)
Schweitzer links state grants to support for Otter Creek coal deal (Billings Gazette)
Contractors say new building code could be costly (Billings Gazette)
Forest Service tries different approach to developing contested planning rule (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: Loss of earmarks would be painful for Montana (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: Baucus: New health law benefits Montanans (Billings Gazette)
Rise and fall of the Druid empire (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
USGS: Uptick in elk brucellosis rates near Y-stone (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Groups say they intend to sue over sage grouse (Flathead Beacon)
Polson lands federal grant to improve roads (Flathead Beacon)
Consumer spending up: Americans' incomes frozen (Flathead Beacon)
City planners give three options for regulation of medical marijuana (Great Falls Tribune)
Schweitzer ties frozen funds to local support for Otter Creek coal leases (Missoulian)
Montana Supreme Court: Homosexual references may have biased jury against Kallispell woman (Missoulian)
EDITORIAL: Mental health trust good move (Missoulian)
OPINION: choice not to buy insurance affects others (Missoulian)
OPINION: Roadless rule offsets effects of changing climate (Missoulian)
Overhaul likely to strain doctor shortage (Montana Standard)
11 miles of idle rail cars to roll again in Montana (Montana Standard)

POLL

2010-03-29T11:07:00.001-06:00

Poll on Montana Attorney General's decision Did he make the right decision or not?

MONDAY Breaking News

2010-03-29T07:29:00.000-06:00

Red Alert: Bombing in Moscow (STRATFOR)

MONDAY A.M. Update

2010-03-29T06:52:00.003-06:00

A grim sign for ObamaCare (New York Post)
Can Obama avert a fiscal catastrophe? (Washington Post)
BOLTON: A deepening crisis beteen U.S., Israel (Washington Examiner)
The Government plantation forever? (Townhall)
Obama slights our friends, kowtows to our enemies (Townhall)
Tea parties: Bracing brew (City Journal)

MONDAY News and Views

2010-03-29T05:10:00.002-06:00

Recovered from boat accident, Frost starts up political communications firm with friend (Helena Independent Record)
OPINION: Most against Otter Creek leasing (Helena Independent Record)
Wolves on the range (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Medical marijuana advocates join forces (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Montana mitigation board pays for 369 wolf kills (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Congressman Rehberg swears off earmarks for a year (Flathead Beacon)
LETTER: Give Montana business right to free speech (Flathead Beacon)
Wolves back in cattle country (Great Falls Tribune)
OPINION: BLM's curious decision bodes ill for Montana (Great Falls Tribune)
Poplar project takes aim at waste, power (Missoulian)

SUNDAY A.M. Update

2010-03-28T07:56:00.002-06:00

EDITORIAL: The left's next move: Salary caps (Washington Times)
The ObamaCare writedowns (Wall Street Journal)
More ugly ObamaCare 'Surprises' (Townhall)
Obama's thug capitalism (Townhall)
Demonizing everyday Americans (Townhall)
George Will: A birthright? Maybe not (Townhall)

SUNDAY News and Views

2010-03-28T05:56:00.002-06:00

Second Amendment rally draws 200 gun-rights advocates to Capitol lawn (Helena Independent Record)
Warm Springs alcohol rehab program marked by success (Helena Independent Record)
Several bills targeting alcohol and driving already proposed (Helena Independent Record)
Domographic factors also influence drinking and driving (Helena Independent Record)
Three-year elk study approved for Bitterroot (Helena Independent Record)
Baucus to host groundbreaking ceremony in Libby (Helena Independent Record)
Fledgling DUI court idea paying off for most (Billings Gazette)
Grizzly bear expansion prompts Helena community meetings (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: Let's get DUI off state's frequent felon list (Billings Gazette)
Return of the wolf: A predator's welcome (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Splintered Montana tribe struggles against history (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
MSU-Tech dean tells how his school is changing lives, achieving dreams (Great Falls Tribune)
Wolves back in cattle country (Great Falls Tribune)
Livestock loss board compensated producers in 21 of 56 counties ( Great Falls Tribune)
Wolf population growth slowing down (Great Falls Tribune)
Green and clean: Innovators hope to build plant in Montana to turn trees, shoes into fuel (Missoulian)
Rehberg asks EPA to delay new lead-paint precautions (Missoulian)
OPINION: Milk 'sell-by' dates should expire: 'Use-by' numbers are simper, offer consumers more choices (Missoulian)
EDITORIAL: What's your reaction to the federal health care reform passed last week? (Montana Standard)
OPINION: Standard view: Supercomputer is valuable state asset (Montana Standard)

SATURDAY A.M. Update

2010-03-27T09:11:00.002-06:00

Israel: An ally forsaken (Center for Individual Freedom)
The freedom factor (Townhall)
Germany: Looking for Bismarck (Stratfor)
The ominous "S-Word" (Center for Individual Freedom)
Strong ideas and plain words from Pawlenty (Townhall)
Obama readies steps to fight foreclosures, particularly for unemployed (Washington Post)
Democratic stimulus haul is almost double Republicans (Big Government)
Breitbart: Show me evidence, I'll show you the cash (Townhall)
Rep. Paul Ryan: Costs of this debacle will be high (Center for Individual Freedom)

SATURDAY News and Views

2010-03-27T04:56:00.002-06:00

OPINION: Invest in Montana's kids by investing in our great outdoors (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: Rehberg proposes bad bill for Crow landowners' water (Billings Gazette)
Guardian Angels starting first reservation chapter (Helena Independent Record)
Religious sect moves into southern Montana (Helena Independent Record)
Wind deal could take state energy to West Coast (Helena Independent Record)
Montana, Gallatin County unemployment rates see slight uptick (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
EDITORIAL: State officials correct to pursue Race to the Top federal money (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
FEC Board opts against joining Portland Cooperative (Flathead Beacon)
Year-end growth spurt not likely to be repeated (Flathead Beacon)
Rehberg raps EPA on lead-training rule (Great Falls Tribune)
Schweitzer visits on grant projects to begin in Missoula (Missoulian)

FRIDAY P.M. Update

2010-03-26T17:49:00.002-06:00

BAUCUS: Max Baucus, health care reform, and the 'Mal-Distribution of Income' (Associated Content)
TESTER: Health vote saps red state Dem support for climate change legislation (The Hill)
10th Amendment serves as freedom's bulwark (Human Events)
SCHWEITZER: State buildings to go dark for Earth Hour (Montana Kaimin)
SCHWEITZER: governor visits counties over stimulus spending (KULR-8 News)
BAUCUS: Deomocrats complete health care overhaul (Capitol News Connection)
BAUCUS: Libby's CARD clinic expands (Daily Inter Lake)
BAUCUS: Senator Baucus rebukes objection to extending benefits for out-of-work Americans (eNews Park Forest)
Bipartianship is alive and well....In the opposition (Montana Policy Institute)

FRIDAY A.M. Update

2010-03-26T07:57:00.002-06:00

KRAUTHAMMER: The V.A.T. Cometh (Townhall)
Regaining Greatness (Townhall)
Inevitable Decline? (Townhall)
Message to Dems: People still don't like Obamacare (Washington Examiner)
This law will not stand (Wall Street Journal)
Dems victorious in final health bill 'fixes' (MSNBC)
7 sickening questions about Obamacare (Fox News)
SCHWEITZER: Great Plains-The Camelina Company teams with Accelergy to produce clean jet fuel (Your Industry News)

FRIDAY News and Views

2010-03-26T05:52:00.002-06:00

School health costs to skyrocket (Helena Independent Record)
Comparison of state DUI penalties (Helena Independent Record)
Bullock not filing suit against health bill (Helena Independent Record)
Spending, bidding focus of tourism probe (Helena Independent Record)
Montana's reading scores above the national average (Helena Independent Record)
Revenue rejects alcohol server rule (Helena Independent Record)
OPINION: Energy, transportation infrastructure go together (Helena Independent Record)
Tester uses rising costs as example (Billings Gazette)
UM considering four-day week (Billings Gazette)
LETTER: Proud to be American, not a hyphenated one (Billings Gazette)
Miniature horses near St. Regis killed by wolves (Flathead Beacon)
Qwest seeking stimulus funds to provide internet service to more rural residents (Great Falls Tribune)
OPINION: The Blackfoot is a treasure, no permit required (Great Falls Tribune)
UM prohibits medical marijuana on campus for fear of losing federal funds (Missoulian)
Missoula officially enters race for google high-speed Net project (Missoulian)
FWP approves 3-year study of elk survival in Bitterroot's east, west forks (Missoulian)
LETTER: Eminent domain is tool of last resort for transmission routes (Montana Standard)

THURSDAY Late Update

2010-03-25T20:54:00.002-06:00

MUST SEE VIDEO Senator Max Baucus: Health legislation will address the Mal-Distribution of Income in America (Real Clear Politics)

THURSDAY Update

2010-03-25T07:18:00.004-06:00

Obama and GOP battle for independent voters (Washington Examiner)
ObamaCare Day One (Wall Street Journal)
Bond Markets reflect the true costs of Obamacare (Townhall)
Little sleep for Democrats, literally and figuratively (Townhall)
Hope and Change . . . the Constitution (Townhall)
Obamacare: "The bigger the Lie" (Townhall)

THURSDAY News and Views

2010-03-25T05:45:00.002-06:00

State looks into complaint on 'Custer Country' (Helena Independent Record)
State officials approve plan to restore native trout (Helena Independent Record)
Owners of Y'stone Club accused of takeover scheme (Helena Independent Record)
OPINION: Reforming how gov't leases oil, gas will protect our resources (Helena Independent Record)
OPINION: Pine beetle fears misplaced (Helena Independent Record)
EDITORIAL: Lodging fee helps promote tourism (Helena Independent Record)
OPINION: U.S. conducting most expensisve but still inefficient census in history (Billings Gazette)
Wind deals could take Montana energy to West Coast (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
U.S., Russia to slash nuclear arms; Malmstrom missiles should be safe (Great Falls Tribune)
Stanford rancher Myllymaki runs as Democrat in HD29 (Great Falls Tribune)
OPINION: Districting commission shows how 'sunshine' works (Great Falls Tribune)
Citing restroom safety, NotMyBathroom.com opposes Missoula anti-discrimination ordinance (Missoulian)
LETTER: Sen. Baucus getting publicity on health care (Montana Standard)

WEDNESDAY Update

2010-03-24T08:05:00.003-06:00

Sunday's Socialist Triumph (GOP USA)
BOLTON: EU's loss may be West's gain (Washington Times)
Ten inconvenient truths about Obamacare (Washington Examiner)
Entitlement Rip-Off (Townhall)
Constitutional Awakening (Townhall)
A tyrannical act (Townhall)
Feeble wind farms fail to hit full power (Times On-Line UK)
Government so good they think they can even save daylight (Electric City Weblog)
Don't buy it (Townhall)
Anatomy of a racial smear (American Thinker)

WEDNESDAY News and Views

2010-03-24T05:31:00.002-06:00

Health legislation to dramatically alter student loan system (Helena Independent Record)
Governor: No cuts to disability services (Helena Independent Record)
Counting the homeless (Helena Independent Record)
Montana leads nation in Census participation (Helena Independent Record)
Lawsuit challenges bison transfer to Ted Turner (Helena Independent Record)
OPINION: Energy efficiency key to clean energy future (Helena Independent Record)
EDITORIAL: Got milk. But is it fresh? (Helena Independent Record)
Obama signs historic $938 Billion health care reform bill (Billings Gazette)
Tester takes aim at meat inspection, food-borne illness (Billings Gazette)
Grizzlies starting to roam (Billings Gazette)
About-face: Montana to join Race to the Top, seek millions for schools (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
OPINION: Make safer highways for people, wildlife (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
On fatal anniversary, a drinking culture laid bare (Flathead Beacon)
ANALYSIS: Is this the 'change' voters believe in (Flathead Beacon)
Study: Without UM, state would have 10,000 fewer jobs, $1B less in economy (Missoulian)
UM professor: Wolves to stay in bitterroot, elk on menu (Missoulian)
Interior Office of Inspector General to look at Bison Range issues raised by PEER (Missoulian)
COLUMNIST: Democrats increasingly demand dependency (Missoulian)
LETTER: People want no more wilderness in Montana (Montana Standard)

TUESDAY Late Day

2010-03-23T20:02:00.001-06:00

Obama's Pending foreign Policy Agenda (Stratfor)

TUESDAY Update

2010-03-23T07:27:00.001-06:00

MRLCC responds to health care reform (Montana Republican Legislative Campaign Committee)

TUESDAY A.M. Update

2010-03-23T07:07:00.002-06:00

MUST READ: Enacting a lie (Investor's Business Daily)
Obama shows a president can be both strong and wrong (Washington Post)
Pro-life Democrats, R.I.P. (Wall Street Journal)
Searching for Obamacare's silver lining--George Will (Townhall)
B-A-L-O-N-E-Y! (Townhall)
The coming consequences of Obamacare (Townhall)
A point of no return? (Townhall)
The five keys to killing Obamacare (Townhall)

TUESDAY News and Views

2010-03-23T05:48:00.002-06:00

Distributor sours on milk stamp (Helena Independent Record)
Exec pay for state's insurers is healthy (Helena Independent Record)
Baucus hails historic health bill (Helena Independent Record)
Opponents criticize Rehberg's vote on health bill (Helena Independent Record)
Health care may be winning issue in November for GOP (Helena Independent Record)
OPINION: Interoperability: A big word, a bigger project (Helena Independent Record)
EDITORIAL: Otter Creek coal deal a catch-22 (Helena Independent Record)
Health plan's affect on Montana uncertain (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: Coal lease eases state's fiscal gloom (Billings Gazette)
LETTER: Limit congressmen to a single term each (Billings Gazette)
Gallatin National Forest approves large watershed project (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
LETTER: State needs commission that's not in enviro's pocket (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
LETTER: Facts show that insureres don't make obscene profits (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Already strapped for cash, schools worry about future budgets (Flathead Beacon)
Huckabee emphasizes Christian education at Foothills fundraiser (Great Falls Tribune)
Local reaction to health care bill includes cheers, jeers (Great Falls Tribune)
OPINION: Voters benefit from record number of hats in ring (Great Falls Tribune)
Plowing on Glacier's Going-to-the-Sun Road to begin April 1 (Missoulian)
Shelby man appeals forgotten case on natural gas leases (Missoulian)
COLUMNIST: The quiet rise of the politically homeless (Missoulian)
COLUMNIST: Wall Street reform requires rewriting the rules (Missoulian)
LETTER: Senate, Baucus need to get priorities straight (Missoulian)
COLUMNIST: Consequences of Obamacare (Montana Standard)
COLUMNIST: Another view: Doctors should disclose all drug company deals (Montana Standard)

MONDAY Late Day

2010-03-22T16:50:00.002-06:00

Morning Bell: Repeal (The Foundry: Conservative Policy News)
Montana Chamber judges State Supreme Court (Montana Policy Institute)

MONDAY P.M. Update

2010-03-22T15:57:00.002-06:00

Fire Nancy Pelosi (Fire Nancy Pelosi)
A final weekend of whoppers (Fact Check)
ObamaCare endgame (New York Post)
Obama's Indonesia snub will have far reaching effects (Real Clear Politics)

MONDAY News and Views

2010-03-22T05:50:00.002-06:00

Hospital executives see little increase in already good pay. (Helena Independent Record)
OPINION: Pushing back against religious fanatics (Helena Independent Record)
EDITORIAL: Voters say yes to meds from Canada (Helena Independent Record)
LETTER: Lines blurred (Helena Independent Record)
Milk Shakeup: Sell-by dates spur battle between producers, retailers (Billings Gazette)
Milk sell-by date not expiration date, official says (Billings Gazette)
Judge seeks settlement for Y-stone Club cases (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
States look to join agricultural antitrust fight (Flathead Beacon)
OPINION: A salute to B.C. and the protection of the Flathead (Great Falls Tribune)
Hospitals' lobbying group director well paid (Missoulian)
OPINION: Sobriety Project could save lives, money (Missoulian)
Inconsistent penalties frustrate officials (Montana Standard)

SUNDAY A.M. Update

2010-03-21T07:48:00.002-06:00

Truth is a casualty of the final push (Investor's Business Daily)
Health care isn't like civil rights (Washington Post)
ObamaCare is tyranny, not legislation (Townhall)
Nickels, Noses, and the Nation (Townhall)
Is President Obama at war with America? (Townhall)
Education lessons are lost on Obama (Townhall)
George Will: Mrs. Jellyby, stuck in the sixties (Townhall)

SUNDAY News and Views

2010-03-21T06:22:00.002-06:00

Competitive market can drive up doctors' salaries (Helena Independent Record)
OPINION: On health care, it's Rehberg versus Montana (Helena Independent Record)
OPINION: Small government isn't the answer (Helena Independent Record)
Other companies feeling the pinch after Smurfit-Stone bankruptcy, layoffs (Billings Gazette)
Inconsistent penalties, savvy offenders frustrate officials (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: Senate bill would put referees on Wall Street (Billings Gazette)
LETTER: Health care costs lock out ranchers (Billings Gazette)
Renovation work planned for Many Glacier Hotel (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
LETTER: Constitutional rights don't end at park boundaries (Flathead Beacon)
Cobell meeting with tribes on Fort Peck, Fort Belknap reservations (Great Falls Tribune)
OPINION: Too soon to roll out the artillery over Otter Creek coal (Great Falls Tribune)
Deadline is Monday to get involved in land stewardship program (Missoulian)
Food distributor, some stores want new system for milk expiration dates (Missoulian)
LETTER: Wolves: Evidence of aggression is at hand (Missoulian)

SATURDAY A.M. Update

2010-03-20T07:19:00.002-06:00

Health care debacle in the House (Wall Street Journal)
White House tries to manufacture momentum for Obamacare (Washington Examiner)
If Obamacare passes, what will happen by election day? (Townhall)
The trillion dollar 'bargain' (Townhall)
Hard questions for Holder (Townhall)
Senator Reid caught red-handed (Townhall)

SATURDAY News and Views

2010-03-20T05:30:00.002-06:00

Rehberg expects health reform bill to pass (Helena Independent Record)
Lawmaker can't be sued for defaming (Helena Independent Record)
Tester backs Butte veterans home (Helena Independent Record)
FWP warden testifies he had to shoot bighorn (Helena Independent Record)
Attorney hired to help find use for Hardin jail (Helena Independent Record)
2011 APEC Trade Ministerial to be held in Montana (Helena Independent Record)
Rehberg joins GOP moratorium, says he'll reject funding requests (Billings Gazette)
Some complain about signature gathering (Billings Gazette)
Corps cancels spring Missouri River rise (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: BLM's nonsensical excuses for blocking Montana drilling (Billlings Gazette)
OPINION: Matters of life and death (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: Serial Litigators still at work (Flathead Beacon)
Climate change cited as Montana leases suspended (Flathead Beacon)
EDITORIAL: Keep light on government transparency (Missoulian)
Trial in Boulder: Warden pressed on ram's shooting (Montana Standard)
Tester to push for vets' money (Montana Standard)

FRIDAY P.M. Update

2010-03-19T17:54:00.002-06:00

The Biden Incident (Townhall)
The Deem-o-crats' Towering Deception (Townhall)
This is a non-arrogant foreign policy? (Townhall)

FRIDAY News and Views

2010-03-19T05:40:00.002-06:00

Otter Creek lease OK'd amid protest (Helena Independent Record)
State plans for fed's Race to the Top program (Helena Independent Record)
Climate fears require BLM to revisit oil, gas leases (Helena Independent Record)
Drilling leases on hold in MT over climate change (Helena Independent Record)
OPINION: Open government: Don't take it for granted (Helena Independent Record)
Butte will get veterans' home (Billings Gazette)
What happens to Otter Creek coal revenue, regarding schools and other programs (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: Information doesn't flow freely from feds (Billings Gazette)
LETTER: Being on side of life is more than religious belief of minority (Billings Gazette)
Medical marijuana on hold in Belgrade (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Fleshman Creek project gets $98K boost from FWP (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Wolves blamed for death of Alaska schoolteacher did not have rabies (Missoulian)
OPINION: Standard view: Mixed bag of developments (Montana Standard)
OPINION: Rehberg: The people versus congress on health care (Montana Standard)
OPINION: Tester: Wall Street reform will end 'too big to fail' (Montana Standard)

THURSDAY Late Update

2010-03-18T21:11:00.002-06:00

U.S.-Israeli row (Stratfor)
My healthcare plan (Townhall)
What's good for House leaders is bad for members (Townhall)
Conyers is the wrong guy to chair Judiciary Committee (Townhall)
The health care wars are only beginning (Wall Street Journal)
Why can't Uncle Sam learn (Washington Post)

THURSDAY News and Views

2010-03-18T06:06:00.002-06:00

Audit Fort Belknap short $1M in rent (Helena Independent Record)
Schweitzer says Otter Creek coal money could reduce cuts (Helena Independent Record)
OPINION: Keep up opposition to health care bill (Helena Independent Record)
LETTER: State history museum should stay in Helena (Helena Independent Record)
Co-op to keep its meeting closed (Billings Gazette)
Butte, Anaconda, Dillon in running for vets' home (Billings Gazette)
Society vows to prevent museum move (Billings Gazette)
WMC, doctors await vote on bill (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: Public deserves to know about lawyers' misdeeds (Billings Gazette)
OPINION: Time to give knockout punch to Pelosi's bad health plans (Billings Gazette)
Bozeman-area furniture company going out of business (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Yellowstone bison, elk numbers steady this winter (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Big Sky: bargain basement (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Park Co wants more snowmobiles in Yellowstone (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Montana Legacy Project nets publilc 112,000 acres (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
EDITORIAL: Coal bid good for Montana (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Idaho first to sign law against health care reform (Flathead Beacon)
Senate OKs jobs bill for Obama's signature (Flathead Beacon)
Dem Henning seeks files for House District 17 (Great Falls Tribune)
Senators lobby Biden for Malmstron (Great Falls Tribune)
Group says gas price spike could cost Montanans 10 percent of income (Missoulian)