Can Legislators Jumpstart Our Economy?

News

Can Legislators Jumpstart Our Economy?

Montana’s 62nd Legislature, commencing this week, has more lawmakers from Northwest Montana in leadership positions than any session in...

January 4, 2011

Read More

Panel OKs increasing renewable energy mandates

A panel of state lawmakers has endorsed drafting a bill to increase the amount of renewable energy that Montana electric utilities must...

July 31, 2010

Read More

High court says rezoning for Great Falls power plant was illegal

From John Arnold, A closely divided Montana Supreme Court on Friday ruled that Cascade County in 2008 illegally rezoned 668 acres of land...

July 17, 2010

Read More

Northern Plains, Wildlife Federation sue over leasing of Otter Creek coal tracts

The fight over the state leasing the Otter Creek coal tracts in southeastern Montana moved into court with lawsuits by four environmental ....

May 13, 2010

Read More

BLM Suspends Some Oil and Gas Lease Sales to Review Warming Impacts

The Bureau of Land Management yesterday delayed all oil and gas lease sales in Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota while the agency...

April 9, 2010

Read More

Montana OKs sale of coal tracts to mining giant

HELENA — Montana accepted Thursday a mining giant’s $86 million bid for the rights to a vast tract holding a half-billion tons...

March 18, 2010

Read More

City of Great Falls told to release power plant documents

In a sharply worded opinion, State District Judge E. Wayne Phillips on Monday ordered the city of Great Falls to open to the public . . ....

March 9, 2010

Read More

MT Land Board drops Otter Creek bid to 15 cents per ton

Video of State Land Board decision to lower bid price to 15 cents per ton for the Otter Creek Coal Tracts. <Watch Video>  ...

February 17, 2010

Read More

State might be open to lowering minimum bid for Otter Creek coal

HELENA – The state Land Board might consider lowering the minimum bid for 570 million tons of state-owned coal in southeastern...

February 11, 2010

Read More

Climate Change Bill a Tough Sell in Montana

Beyond the eventual success or failure of any bill overhauling the American health care system, another battle looms in Congress: climate...

September 26, 2009

Read More
↑