SOS News Digest

March 9 , 2007

Legislature

Panel sends budget to sharply divided House
Billings Gazette

Key committee advances GOP budget
Great Falls Tribune

As a few debate budget, many kick back
Great Falls Tribune

Higher education bill gets last-minute boost
Daily Chronicle

GOP budget bills head to floor
Daily Chronicle

Slow down
Missoula Independent

Editorials

Gazette Opinion: State support needed to stop tuition increase
Billings Gazette

Guest Opinion: Election-Day registration can work well here as in other states
Billings Gazette

Politics make strange bedfellows, stranger votes
Great Falls Tribune

When things unravel
Missoula Independent

etc
Missoula Independent

Federal

Montana U.S. attorney to discuss firings
Billings Gazette

Tester meets with head of vets' agency
Billings Gazette

Baucus bill would give incentives for on-farm energy production
Great Falls Tribune

Tester touring Fort Harrison Saturday; Rehberg to follow
Independent Record

Current Events

Jobless rate below national average
Billings Gazette

State jobless figure drops
Great Falls Tribune