SOS News Digest

March 16 , 2007

Legislature

GOP bill cuts health, human services to $300
Billings Gazette

Sales tax bills cut property taxes
Billings Gazette

Republicans plan to drastically cut social programs
Great Falls Tribune

Great Falls Democrats on front line of budget fight
Great Falls Tribune

GOP prepared to cut social services budget to just $300
Missoulian

State House passes four of eight Republican budget bills
Montana Standard

Water ruling: Kalispell lawmaker sees a silver lining
Daily Inter Lake

Not quite laid to rest
Missoula Independent

Editorials

Gazette Opinion: Political lines deepen on state budget
Billings Gazette

Montana House is making cynics out of us all
Great Falls Tribune

Pay raise, at least, passes
Independent Record

Hazardous waste
Missoula Independent

etc
Missoula Independent

Federal

Anti-trade group's ads attack Baucus
Billings Gazette

Schweitzer to air park bison concerns in D.C.
Daily Chronicle

$8.3 million to go toward drinking water, irrigation projects in Montana
Great Falls Tribune

Scheduling snafu
Missoula Independent

Baucus asks State Department to intervene in B.C. mine
Missoulian

Current Events

Utility leader warns about NWE purchase
Billings Gazette

Citizens for Clean Energy meet with Governor, plan strategy
Great Falls Tribune