SOS News Digest

February 23 , 2007

Legislature

GOP budget: Cut $241M from governor's plan
Billings Gazette

Panel considers get-tough bill for sexual abusers of kids
Billings Gazette

Initiative overhaul gets little reaction
Billings Gazette

Bill would expand mortgage oversight
Billings Gazette

Anti-United Nations measure stalls in House vote
Billings Gazette

Feature photo: Q & A with leaders
Billings Gazette

Senate backs bill on seat belts
Billings Gazette

Committee votes against widening U.S. Highway 2
Great Falls Tribune

Bipartisan legislative group introduces sex offender bill
Great Falls Tribune

Parties tout dueling budget plans
Great Falls Tribune

House shoots down 'extremist' intellectual-diversity proposal
Great Falls Tribune

GOP unveils budget aimed at limiting spending
Daily Chronicle

‘Intellectual diversity’ bill shot down in House
Independent Record

Committee advances ‘green energy’ cooperative
Independent Record

Budget fight escalates; GOP touts more conservative plan
Missoulian

Stapleton, steady at point guard, learns hardball
Billings Outpost

Parental rights measure unlikely to pass session
Billings Outpost

Editorials

Guest Opinion: Restaurateurs struggle with wage hikes
Billings Gazette

Baucus changes on Iraq; Rehberg stays course
Billings Outpost

Federal

Schweitzer, others to testify about West's transformation
Billings Gazette

Rehberg plans event at resort
Billings Gazette

Tester will occupy Glenn's old office
Billings Gazette

Chairman Baucus works more — and loves it
Great Falls Tribune

Current Events

Wolf count on the rise in northern Rockies
Great Falls Tribune