SOS News Digest

February 16 , 2007

Legislature

Horse racing fans seek tax support
Billings Gazette

House votes to expand rights of gun users
Billings Gazette

Senate OKs bill aimed at illegal immigration
Billings Gazette

Panel majority supports ending Montana death penalty
Great Falls Tribune

Sleepy song slips closer to spot as state lullaby
Great Falls Tribune

Self-defense bill OK'd by House
Daily Chronicle

State worker pay plan blocked
Independent Record

Helmet law killed in committee

Independent Record

Official state lullaby moves forward in House
Independent Record

Death penalty bill heads to Senate floor
Independent Record

When the cat’s away
Missoula Independent

Ready for their license
Missoula Independent

Editorials

Guest Opinion: Energy bills should focus on Montana's needs
Billings Gazette

Lawmakers should waste no more time on Iraq
Great Falls Tribune

Montana must turn coal from black to ‘green'
Missoulian

Guest Column: In quest for fuel alternatives, it pays to look before leaping
Missoulian

Kyoto treaty: Moral nonsense on warming
Montana Standard

Federal

Tester touts middle-class tax cut
Billings Gazette

Freshmen Dems offer bill to help middle class
Independent Record

Current Events

Schweitzer, Baker sign letter supporting national parks
Independent Record

A newspaper goes nonprofit
Missoula Independent