SOS News Digest

February 7 , 2007

Legislature

Business groups rip tax-cheat bill
Billings Gazette

Indian ed backers protest panel's vote
Billings Gazette

Governor lobbies on farm, energy issues
Billings Gazette

Bill makes sure crime doesn't pay
Great Falls Tribune

GOP considers breaking budget into separate bills
Great Falls Tribune

Lawmakers criticize Indian education cuts
Great Falls Tribune

Critics say tax-cheat measure gives too much authority
Great Falls Tribune

Airport authority board appointment bill tabled
Great Falls Tribune

Bill would funnel rental car, bed tax money into tourism industry
Great Falls Tribune

Plans to ban or regulate constituency accounts coming forward
Missoulian

Editorials

Against voter registration on Election Day
Montana Standard

For voter registration on Election Day
Montana Standard

Tuition freeze
Montana Standard

Gazette Opinion: Abolish constituency accounts
Billings Gazette

Johnson wins Round 1 in voting debate
Gazette/City Lights

Regulate constituency accounts
Independent Record

Tax bills are more than they seem
Independent Record

Federal

SME officials, Rehberg discuss carbon-capture funding
Great Falls Tribune

Rehberg meets with military leaders to discuss funding
Great Falls Tribune

Sale of public lands resurrected
Independent Record

Current Events

Schweitzer on visit to East Coast
Independent Record

Speakers at forum question Montana’s death penalty
Independent Record

Analyst says NWE buyer expects higher returns
Billings Gazette

Power plant owners say they should have had info sooner
Billings Gazette

State certified to meet organic standards
Billings Gazette

Ethics agency passes muster
Billings Gazette

Activists call wages too low
Billings Gazette

UM weather expert to discuss climate change
Great Falls Tribune