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Business lobbies take aim at health care reform
Two of Montana’s main business lobbies are taking aim at health care reform before Congress, saying it could drive up costs for businesses by increasing taxes or insurance costs.
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Ex-JeffCo waste chief’s pay restored
BOULDER — In divided votes Tuesday, Jefferson County administrators agreed to restore the full salary of the road department manager and agreed to expunge an unrelated reprimand from his personnel file, all while the county sheriff’s office continues to investigate allegations of empl…
Nov 18, 2009 | 12:00 am | (12) Comments
Weber offered solid-waste manager post, admits appearance of conflict
Jefferson County Commissioner Ken Weber has been offered a job as the county’s solid waste manager.
Nov 18, 2009 | 12:00 am | (4) Comments
FWP backs city plan to kill 200 deer
Expressing confidence in the city’s work thus far, state Fish, Wildlife and Parks commissioners Thursday morning easily approved Helena’s request to kill 200 more deer in town this winter.
Nov 13, 2009 | 12:00 am | (21) Comments
Money, votes don't align in city vote
The top two vote-getters in last week’s Helena City Commission election raised and spent the most money. But the voting tallies and campaign finance reports don’t match up evenly — some candidates got a bigger bang for their buck.
Nov 12, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Initiative would let citizens convene grand juries
A Stevensville man wants to change Montana’s constitution to allow citizens, not just judges, to convene special investigative juries in their counties.
Nov 11, 2009 | 12:00 am | (7) Comments
Schweitzer mandates 35% cut in travel expenses
Tighter budgets have grounded at least some state government employees' trips to out-of-state conferences and training sessions this year.
Nov 08, 2009 | 12:00 am | (6) Comments
State: Pay property taxes under protest if you filed appeal or sought review
Property owners who have sought informal reviews or who filed formal appeals of their new property values must take one more step, the state Revenue Department said Friday.
Nov 07, 2009 | 12:00 am | (1) Comments
Helena’s Sanchez named to tax board
Gov. Brian Schweitzer on Wednesday announced the appointment of Samantha Sanchez of Helena to fill a vacancy on the State Tax Appeal Board.
Nov 05, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Insurers win huge work-comp court battle
The Montana Supreme Court Tuesday upheld a state law cutting off worker's-compensation benefits for injured, disabled workers at retirement age.
Nov 04, 2009 | 12:00 am | (6) Comments
Thweatt, Ellison win city seats
Dick Thweatt and Dan Ellison rose to the top of the seven-candidate ballot, taking the two open city commission seats in Tuesday's election.
Nov 03, 2009 | 11:10 pm | (8) Comments
Consultant: Caird cleanup to cost $200K
A consultant has completed the environmental assessment of the contamination hazards at the Caird Engineering property, and the firm said Monday it would likely cost about $200,000 to ready the site for redevelopment.
Nov 03, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
City kills Caird housing project
The proposal to redevelop the Caird Engineering property as a low-income senior housing complex is most likely dead. City commissioners Monday night voted 3-2 to reject a request to sponsor a grant application to fund some of the work.
Nov 03, 2009 | 12:00 am | (32) Comments
City OKs $142,500 for Mount Helena thinning
Contractors will use specialized equipment this winter to cut nearly 100 acres of trees from the slopes of Mount Helena, and the city's natural resources coordinator said the rubber-tracked vehicles will help workers tread lightly on ground long held sacred by Capital City denizens.
Nov 02, 2009 | 11:25 pm | (0) Comments
Mourners call Army warrior honorable
LIBBY - More than 100 Libby residents stepped inside Monday, out of the drear on a day that smelled of winter, and met in the lobby of a local church, J.R. Stright.
Nov 02, 2009 | 11:25 pm | (4) Comments
Hundreds gather as Tea Party stops in Helena on nat’l tour
Hundreds of conservatives rallied against big government Sunday in Helena.
Nov 02, 2009 | 12:00 am | (68) Comments
Critics say Schweitzer-endorsed Internet plan won’t extend services
Gov. Brian Schweitzer's recommendation that one firm get $70 million in federal stimulus funds to expand high-speed Internet service is being blasted by Montana telephone companies and regulators, who say the project won't extend new service to underserved areas.
Nov 01, 2009 | 12:30 am | (7) Comments
County begins reviewing administrator resumes
Lewis and Clark County commissioners last week began reviewing a resume stack 45 applications deep, beginning their search for the county's next chief administrative officer.
Nov 01, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
Caird property housing on city agenda again
City commissioners on Monday will again tackle the issues surrounding the proposed redevelopment of the Caird Engineering property on the east side of Malfunction Junction, a discussion that stalled in a stalemate two weeks ago.
Nov 01, 2009 | 12:00 am | (6) Comments
City election turnout lags behind 2007 numbers
Turnout for this year's city mail-ballot election is lagging behind the numbers from 2007's record-setting election, which was Helena's first mailbox contest in history.
Oct 30, 2009 | 12:00 am | (0) Comments
