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The Senate on Saturday adopted its first budget in four years, a $3.7 trillion blueprint for 2014 that would fast-track passage of tax increases, trim spending gingerly and leave the government still deeply in debt. The NYT reports. » Read More |
What does paying more in taxes mean for the families who own farms in Montana? Bob Hanson, Montana Farm Bureau Federation, explains. » Read More |
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BUTTE, Mont.-- The Bureau of Land Management is asking ranchers in southwestern Montana to reduce grazing on public lands due to drought. The agency on Friday asked those with grazing permits to graze no more than 70 percent of their allotted forage on land administered by its Butte and Dillon field offices.
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HELENA, Mont.-- The Montana Senate backed a one-time income tax cut of $47 million on Thursday as lawmakers continue to hash out competing budget priorities that threaten to chew up a projected surplus. Senate Majority Leader Art Wittich argued that some of the surplus needs to be sent to taxpayers.
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SAN FRANCISCO-- The National Rifle Association and gun manufacturers are to blame for the "disconnect" between the broad public support for gun control and the reluctance in Congress to ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines, U.S. My view is they shouldn't go up to the Senate if they are unwilling to stand up and vote. "
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HELENA, Mont.-- The Montana Public Service Commission is looking to find out which parts of the state lack high-speed Internet services so it can recommend future broadband projects.
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HELENA, Mont.-- A bill that has been signed into law by Montana Gov. Mary Caferro, D- Helena, requires life insurance companies to check a Social Security Administration file at least twice a year to find out if any of its policyholders have died. The bill passed the Senate 48-1 and the House 92-4, and was signed into law Friday.
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HELENA, Mont.-- The U.S. Department of Interior is cutting $2.5 million in federal mineral payments to Montana over the next five months. The Interior Department is making the reduction as part of the automatic federal spending cuts that started this month.
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HELENA, Mont.-- Montana's state Senate has endorsed a bill that would criminalize the employment of illegal immigrants. The bill passed an initial Senate vote Wednesday along party lines.
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WASHINGTON, March 27- North Carolina's Kay Hagan on Wednesday became the sixth Democratic senator to endorse gay marriage this week as the U.S. Supreme Court heard two cases on the issue.
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WASHINGTON, March 27- North Carolina's Kay Hagan on Wednesday became the sixth Democratic U.S. senator to endorse gay marriage this week as the U.S. Supreme Court hears two cases on the issue.
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SINGAPORE, March 26- The public inquiry into the death of an American engineer found hanged in his Singapore apartment last year will start on May 13, the Southeast Asian city-state said on Tuesday.
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FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski will leave the commission in coming weeks and the letter to Obama, signed by 37 senators, calls Rosenworcel "a superb candidate" who is "equally respected" by the telecommunications industry, public safety community and public interest groups.
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FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski will leave the commission in coming weeks and the letter to Obama, signed by 37 senators, calls Rosenworcel "a superb candidate" who is "equally respected" by the telecommunications industry, public safety community and public interest groups.
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After Southern Montana trustee Lee Freeman testified during a court hearing in Billings that disclosing the terms could drive up electricity prices, U.S. In a separate ruling, Kirscher said he would grant a motion for Yellowstone Valley Electric Cooperative to withdraw from Southern Montana, after the two sides settled a longstanding dispute.
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SINGAPORE, March 26- The public inquiry into the death of an American engineer found hanged in his Singapore apartment last year will start on May 13, the Southeast Asian city-state said on Tuesday.
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SEATTLE-- The governors of Washington and Oregon are urging the White House to evaluate the effects of greenhouse gasses that would be emitted elsewhere if the nation's coal is exported. In a joint letter sent Monday to the President's Council on Environmental Quality, Washington Gov.
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HELENA, Mont.-- The Montana House is backing a measure that would allow small-scale dairy farmers to sell their unpasteurized milk directly to consumers. The measure strikes language that would give the Department of Livestock the capability to regulate raw milk.
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March 26- The U.S. Department of Transportation has fined Exxon Mobil Corp $1.7 million over pipeline safety violations relating to a 2011 oil spill in the Yellowstone River, regulators have said.
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KALISPELL, Mont.-- The Federal Aviation Administration's final list of 149 air traffic control facilities that will be closed at small airports around the country starting next month contains Glacier Park International Airport in Kalispell, Mont..
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CAMARILLO, Calif.-- The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has dropped three cents over the past two weeks. The Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday says the price of a gallon of regular is $3.71. In California, the lowest average price was $3.87 in Stockton.
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March 24- The average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in the United States slipped 3.2 cents in the past two weeks, putting the decline over the past month at nearly 9 cents, according to a widely followed survey released on Sunday.