MONTANA LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE CENTER INDEXED NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS—FEBRUARY 2002
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
“GRAIN LAW SEEKS GRANT, DONATIONS TO STAY OPEN”; INDEPENDENT RECORD; 2002 JAN 25 http://www.helenair.com/rednews/2002/01/25/build/montana/9A1.html
“BETTER PRICES SEEN FOR CATTLE, WHEAT”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 FEB 6 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=business&display=rednews/2002/02/06/build/business/89-econ-outlook-ag.inc
AIR TRAVEL
“PILOTS PUSH TO OPEN AIRSTRIP DRAWS WRATH OF ENVIRONMENTALISTS”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 FEB 13 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=/rednews//2002/02/10/build/local/05-airfield.inc
ALCOHOL DRUG TREATMENT
“FINANCIAL TROUBLES HIT ADDICTION-TREATMENT PROGRAM EARLY”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 JAN 27 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=magazine&display=rednews/2002/01/27/build/magazine/01-troubles.inc
BIAS CRIMES
“SEXUAL ORIENTATION NOT COVERED BY MONTANA HATE CRIMES LAW”; MONTANA KAIMIN; 02 FEB 12 http://www.kaimin.org/Jan-Feb_02/2-12-02/fire5_2-12-02.html
“UNITY AT UM: UNIVERSITY RALLIES SUPPORT FOR FIRE VICTIMS”; MISSOULIAN; 2002 FEB 15 http://www.missoulian.com/archives/index.inn?loc=detail&doc=/2002/February/14-1959-news01.txt
“MONTANA GAY-RIGHTS BATTLE INTENSIFIES: CHURCH VANDALISM FOLLOWS ARSON ATTACK ON LESBIANS’ HOUSE”; DENVER POST; 2002 FEB 25 http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1002,11%257E424407,00.html?search=filter
BUDGET--MONTANA
“MONEY GROWS TIGHT FOR STATE’S HUMAN SERVICES”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 FEB 4 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=rednews/2002/02/04/build/local/1dhhs.inc
BUSINESS CLIMATES
“POLL: MONTANANS BECOMING MORE CONSERVATIVE”; GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE; 2001 JAN 21
CATTLE
“BEEF IMPORTS VEX RANCHERS IN MONTANA”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 JAN 25 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=rednews/2002/01/25/build/local/2beef.inc
COAL MINING--MONTANA
“CONDITIONS FOR COAL DEAL OUTLINED FOR LAND BOARD”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 FEB 1 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=rednews/2002/02/01/build/local/01-coal-deal.inc “LAND BOARD APPROVES SETTLEMENT FOR COAL SWAP, OVER OBJECTIONS OF GOVERNOR, DEVELOPERS”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 FEB 20 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=/rednews//2002/02/20/build/local/zmain.inc
COALBED METHANE
“EXPERTS SAY COAL-BED METHANE NOT LIKELY IN SHIELDS VALLEY”; LIVINGSTON ENTERPRISE; 2002 FEB 4
“HUBER CORP SUES COUNTY OVER METHANE PERMIT”; BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE; 2002 FEB 13 http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpid=311&show=archivedetails&ArchiveID=638614&om=1
“LANDOWNERS AIR COMPLAINTS OVER COALBED DRILLING”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 FEB 15 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=/rednews//2002/02/14/build/wyoming/10-coalbed-drilling.inc
“AGENCIES’ COALBED REPORT OFFERS 5 POSSIBLE POLICIES”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 FEB 20 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=/rednews//2002/02/20/build/local/11-coal.inc
“COURT ASKED FOR HALT TO GAS LEASING”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 FEB 21 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=/rednews//2002/02/21/build/local/06-nprc.inc
COLLEGE COSTS
“LOCAL COLLEGES DISPUTE AFFORDABILITY ANALYSIS”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 JAN 8 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=rednews/2002/01/08/build/local/affordability.inc
DAMS--MONTANA
“MCGRATH JOINS LOCAL CHORUS CALLING FOR REMOVAL OF DAM”; INDEPENDENT RECORD; 2002 JAN 25 http://www.helenair.com/rednews/2002/01/25/build/montana/6E2.html
DISASTER RELIEF
“MONTANA: WHAT LEVEL OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS IS APPROPRIATE? INDEPENDENT RECORD; 2002 JAN 25 http://www.helenair.com/rednews/2002/01/25/build/montana/9A7.html
DRIVERS LICENSES
“OFFICIAL SAYS STATE DRIVER’S LICENSES SECURE”; INDEPENDENT RECORD; 2002 JAN 18 http://www.helenair.com/rednews/2002/01/18/build/montana/1c2.html
DROUGHT
“MARTZ HEARS WATER WOES STATE PERMIT SOUGHT FOR NEARBY COAL PLANT”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 JAN 19 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=rednews/2002/01/19/build/local/05-judy.inc
“DROUGHT WITHERS MENTAL HEALTH: COUNSELING VISITS ON RISE AS HI-LINE’S WOES PERSIST”; GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE; 2002 JAN 22
ECONOMIC CONDITIONS--MONTANA
“REPORT: SINGLE MOM OF TWO NEEDS $13.85/HOUR TO GET BY”; DAILY INTERLAKE; 2002 JAN 30 http://www.dailyinterlake.com/NewsEngine/SelectStory.tpl?command=search&db=news.db&eqskudata=17-813300-39&search- var=single “STATE ECONOMY DEPENDS ON ‘BIG FOUR’ INDUSTRIES”; INDEPENDENT RECORD; 2002 JAN 30 http://www.helenair.com/rednews/2002/01/30/build/helena/1A6.html
“STATE’S ECONOMY DEPENDS ON FATES OF MAJOR COMPANIES, ECONOMIST SAYS”; GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE; 2002 JAN 30 http://www.greatfallstribune.com/news/stories/20020130/localnews/1556194.html
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT--MONTANA
“‘FRAMEWORK’ OF ECONOMIC-DEVELOPMENT PLAN TAKES SHAPE”; GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE; 2002 JAN 3
“MAPPING MONTANA’S RECOVERY: STATE ECONOMIC CZAR OUTLAYS GROWTH PLAN FOR VALLEY BUSINESSES”; RAVALLI REPUBLIC; 2002 JAN 21 http://www.ravallinews.com/archives/index.inn?loc=detail&doc=/2002/January/21-2243-news2.txt
“ECONOMIC ADVICE: DON’T SHIRK AGRICULTURE: DEVELOPMENT REQUIRES USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES, STATE OFFICIAL MAINTAINS”; GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE; 2002 FEB 1
EDUCATIONAL FINANCE--MONTANA
“NEW STUDY ADDRESSES THE COST OF EDUCATION”; DAILY INTERLAKE; 2002 JAN 7
“COMMITTEE REVIEWS SCHOOL FUNDING STUDY”; GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE; 2002 JAN 12
“FEDERAL MONEY MAY BE LESS THAN THOUGHT: STATE EDUCATION OFFICIALS SAY FUNDS MAY NOT STRETCH VERY FAR”; GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE; 2002 JAN 13
“MORE MONEY NEEDED: ADVISORY COUNCIL OFFERS GOOD IDEAS BUT SCHOOLS NEED CASH SAY SUPERINTENDENTS”; WESTERN NEWS; 2002 JAN 16
ELECTION LAW
“FED ELECTION RULES MAY HELP, OR NOT”; INDEPENDENT RECORD; 2002 JAN 25 http://www.helenair.com/rednews/2002/01/25/build/montana/7A3.html
ELECTRIC UTILITY DEREGULATION
“MONTANA POLITICS THREATEN AVISTA: CITIZEN INITIATIVE COULD LEAD TO TAKEOVER OF NOXON RAPIDS DAM”; SPOKANE SPOKESMAN REVIEW; 2002 FEB 1
ELECTRIC UTILITY INDUSTRIES
“RIDING THE ROLLER COASTER OF ENERGY DEREGULATION”; GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE; 2001 DEC 28
“POWER POKER: HOW THE DEAL WAS DONE IN THE HIGH-STAKES GAME OF DECIDING MPC’S FUTURE”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 JAN 10 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=rednews/2002/01/10/build/local/zmain.inc
“MPC TELLS PSC $1.1 BILLION DEAL MUST BE OK’D ELEMENTS OF THE PROPOSED MPC SALE SETTLEMENT”; GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE; 2002 JAN 17
“MARTZ ENERGY AIDE SAYS DEAL MUST GO ON”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 JAN 23 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=rednews/2002/01/23/build/local/4giacometto.inc
“MARTZ ENERGY OFFICIAL WARNS OF PROBLEMS IF PSC DOESN’T APPROVE UTILITY STIPULATION”; INDEPENDENT RECORD; 2002 JAN 23 http://www.helenair.com/rednews/2002/01/23/build/helena/7A4.html “RESIDENTS SPEAK FOR MPC SALE AT HEARING IN HAVRE”; HAVRE DAILY NEWS; 2002 JAN 23 http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpid=660&show=archivedetails&ArchiveID=699528&om=1
“MAJOR FACETS OF DEAL”; INDEPENDENT RECORD; 2002 JAN 30 http://www.helenair.com/rednews/2002/01/30/build/headline/1A4.html
“PSC APPROVES SALE OF MONTANA POWER CO. TO NORTHWESTERN”; GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE; 02 JAN 30 http://www.greatfallstribune.com/news/stories/20020130/localnews/1556185.html
“MPC’S ELECTRICITY ‘PORTFOLIO’ FOR SMALL CUSTOMERS CRITICIZED”; GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE; 2002 FEB 3 http://www.greatfallstribune.com/news/stories/20020203/localnews/1579917.html
“REVENUE DROPS; FIRM STILL PLANS TO BUY MPC”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 FEB 8 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=rednews/2002/02/08/build/local/01-mpc.inc
ENERGY COSTS
“PSC ASKS MPC FOR BID INFO”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 FEB 21 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=/rednews//2002/02/20/build/local/13-psc-mpc.inc
ENERGY RESOURCES
“STATE SLOW TO EMBRACE HYDROPOWER SOURCE OF NATION’S ELECTRICITY IN 2000”; GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE; 2002 JAN 14
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
“MONTANA TUNNELS EXPANSION GETS INITIAL APPROVAL”; INDEPENDENT RECORD; 2002 FEB 1 http://www.helenair.com/rednews/2002/02/01/build/montana/1C2.html
ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP
“MINE PLAN EXCEEDS FUNDS”; INDEPENDENT RECORD; 2002 JAN 10 http://www.helenair.com/rednews/2002/01/10/build/montana/9A2.html
“CANYON RESOURCES TO BE BILLED FOR FULL NEW KENDALL MINE STUDY”; INDEPENDENT RECORD; 02 JAN 25
“HISTORY’S TROUBLES”; 2002 JAN 27 http://www.missoulian.com/archives/index.inn?loc=detail&doc=/2002/January/27-746- news01.txt
“MONTANA POWER, ARCO RELEASE SECRET AGREEMENT ON MILLTOWN DAM”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 JAN 28 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=rednews/2002/01/27/build/local/25-milltown.inc
“UNSETTLING POND: SEDIMENTS TRAPPED BY MILLTOWN DAM PRESENT A VOLATILE PROBLEM, WHETHER THEY STAY IN PLACE OR ARE REMOVED”; MISSOULIAN; 2002 JAN 28 http://www.missoulian.com/archives/index.inn?loc=detail&doc=/2002/January/28-1806-news01.txt
“DECISION TIME: OPINIONS ABOUND AS ARCO AND EPA DEVELOP OPTIONS FOR CLEANING UP DAM, RESERVOIR”; MISSOULIAN; 2002 JAN 30 http://www.missoulian.com/archives/index.inn?loc=detail&doc=/2002/January/30-2259-news01.txt
“ASARCO FINANCES MAY SLOW CLEANUP”; INDEPENDENT RECORD; 2002 FEB 6 http://www.helenair.com/rednews/2002/02/06/build/helena/1A3.html ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
“BAD MOON RISING: THE WANING OF MONTANA’S ONCE-MIGHTY PROGRESSIVE COALITION”; HIGH COUNTRY NEWS; 2001 DEC 17 http://www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.Article?article_id=10914
“RANCHERS’ GROUP ADOPTS PRACTICAL STRATEGY”; HIGH COUNTRY NEWS; 2001 DEC 17 http://www.hcn.org/servlets/hcn.Article?article_id=10940
FARMS--MONTANA
“NUMBER OF FARMS, RANCHES FELL IN ‘01”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 FEB 26 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=rednews//2002/02/26/build/local/fewerfarms.inc
FISHERIES
“MPC PIPELINE PROPOSAL RAISES FISHERY CONCERNS”; GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE; 2002 JAN 29
“DEARBORN PIPELINE WILL PROCEED”; INDEPENDENT RECORD; 2002 JAN 30 http://www.helenair.com/rednews/2002/01/30/build/montana/1C2.html
GAMBLING--MONTANA
“AREA TAX IMPACT: GAMING MACHINE TAXES ON AVERAGE PAY FOR 14.4 PERCENT OF MUNICIPAL BUDGETS; $373 MILLION TOTAL SINCE 1989”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 JAN 8
“SPECIAL REPORT: THE STATE OF GAMBLING IN MONTANA”; MISSOULIAN; 2002 JAN 8
GOVERNORS
“MARTZ SECURITY FUNDED FROM NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BUDGET”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 FEB 8 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=rednews/2002/02/08/build/local/04-martz.inc
“MARTZ’S FIRST YEAR WAS FILLED WITH MISCUES”; SPOKANE SPOKESMAN REVIEW; 2002 FEB 9
“GOVERNOR IS HONORARY CHAIRMAN OF GOP GROUP: HEDGES IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR”; GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE; 2002 FEB 24 http://www.greatfallstribune.com/news/stories/20020224/localnews/1706753.html
“MARTZ OFFERS BROAD GOALS WITH DETAILS YET TO COME”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 JAN 24 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=rednews/2002/01/24/build/local/analysis.inc
“MARTZ SPURNS ENVIRONMENTALISTS’ REQUEST: EIGHT GROUPS HAD SOUGHT MEETING OVER GOVERNOR’S “OBSTRUCTIONISTS” LABEL”; SPOKANE SPOKESMAN REVIEW; 2002 FEB 25
“SENATE LEADER RIPS MARTZ ‘SLUSH FUND’ BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 FEB 26 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=rednews//2002/02/26/build/local/70martz.inc
HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT--LIBBY
“EPA-GRACE AGENDA IRKS SOME IN LIBBY”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 JAN 28 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=rednews/2002/01/27/build/local/04-libby.inc
“BAUCUS: EPA SET TO ACT ON LIBBY INSULATION”; INDEPENDENT RECORD; 2002 FEB 1 http://www.helenair.com/rednews/2002/02/01/build/headline/1A3.html HIGHWAY FINANCE--MONTANA
“HIGHWAY FUNDING CHOPPED: MONTANA WILL LOSE $71 MILLION IN ‘03, CONSTRUCTION JOBS”; GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE; 2002 JAN 25
HISTORIC PLACES
“BADGER-TWO MEDICINE LAND DECLARED ELIGIBLE FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION”; GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE; 2002 FEB 13
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
“MODERNIZING HISTORY”; INDEPENDENT RECORD; 2001 FEB 6 http://www.helenair.com/rednews/2002/02/06/build/headline/1A2.html
“MONTANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY SEEKS TO REPLACE CRAMPED MUSEUM FACILITY, BUILT IN 1951, WITH BRAND NEW BUILDING”; INDEPENDENT RECORD; 2001 FEB 6 http://www.helenair.com/rednews/2002/02/06/build/headline/1A1.html
HOMELESS PERSONS
“MORE HOMELESS PACK BILLINGS SHELTERS BEYOND CAPACITY”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 FEB 6 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=rednews/2002/02/06/build/local/zmain.inc
INDIAN AFFAIRS--ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
“DISAPPOINTMENT GREETS STATE’S RESERVATION ECONOMIC STUDY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RESERVATIONS”; GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE; 2002 FEB 2
“STUDY OF RESERVATIONS FALLS SHORT”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 FEB 3 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=rednews/2002/02/03/build/local/06-res-study.inc
INDIAN AFFAIRS--EDUCATION
“INDIAN LANDOWNERS OFFERED CREDIT HELP”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 FEB 5 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=rednews/2002/02/05/build/local/3credit.inc
INDIAN AFFAIRS--HEALTH
“INDIANS SEEK ‘MARSHALL PLAN’ ON RESERVATIONS”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 JAN 23 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=rednews/2002/01/23/build/local/0marshall.inc
INDIAN AFFAIRS--MONTANA
“BOX ELDER FARM PLAN GOES NATIONAL”; INDEPENDENT RECORD; 2002 FEB 6 http://www.helenair.com/rednews/2002/02/06/build/montana/8A4.html
INDIAN AFFAIRS--NATURAL RESOURCES
“TRIBE MOVES TO DELAY COAL TRANSFER”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 JAN 26 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=rednews/2002/01/26/build/local/02-coal.inc
“MARTZ, MCGRATH EYE DEAL WITH TRIBE TO CLEAR WAY FOR COAL DEVELOPMENT”; INDEPENDENT RECORD; 2002 JAN 29 http://www.helenair.com/rednews/2002/01/29/build/montana/6A4.html “CHEYENNE COAL DEAL ADVANCES”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 FEB 1 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=rednews/2002/02/01/build/local/01-coal-deal.inc
INDIAN AFFAIRS--TRIBAL GOVERNMENT
“NEW CROW REGIME ROLLS UP ITS SLEEVES”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 FEB 21 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=/rednews//2002/02/21/build/local/08-crow.inc
JAILS--MONTANA
“SMALL COUNTIES HAVE BIG WORRIES OVER JAIL CONDITIONS”; RAVALLI REPUBLIC; 2002 JAN 9
“CONCERNS EXPRESSED ABOUT LOCAL JAIL”; BIG HORN COUNTY NEWS; 2002 JAN 10
“COUNTY COMMISSIONERS GET FEEDBACK ON ALTERNATIVES TO LOCAL JAILING PROBLEM”; STILLWATER COUNTY NEWS; 2002 JAN 10
“COUNTY’S SINGING THE JAIL HOUSE BLUES”; BIG TIMBER PIONEER; 2002 JAN 11
JUDGES--MONTANA
“STATE’S FIRST FEMALE MAGISTRATE SWORN IN”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 FEB 26 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=rednews//2002/02/26/build/local/80ostby.inc
LEGISLATIVE TERM LIMITS
“FOES SAY TERM LIMITS VIOLATE PROCEDURE”; GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE; 2002 JAN 5
“STATE: TERM LIMITS CHALLENGE COMES TOO LATE”; ASSOCIATED PRESS; 2002 JAN 25
“LAWMAKER JOINS SUIT TO DEFEND TERM LIMITS”; INDEPENDENT RECORD; 2002 JAN 30 http://www.helenair.com/rednews/2002/01/30/build/montana/6A2.html
“SUPREME COURT CANCELS ARGUMENTS”; INDEPENDENT RECORD; 2002 FEB 6 http://www.helenair.com/rednews/2002/02/06/build/montana/8A3.html
LICENSING
“AUTOMATED LICENSING SYSTEM READY IN MARCH”; INDEPENDENT RECORD; 2002 FEB 21 http://www.helenair.com/rednews/2002/02/21/build/montana/5A1.html
LUMBER INDUSTRIES
“IS LOGGING BANE OR BALM? PLAN STIRS DEBATE”; NEW YORK TIMES; 2002 JAN 29
MEDICAID
“STATES FACE HARD CHOICES ON MEDICAID CUTS”; NEW YORK TIMES; 2002 JAN 14
PIPELINES
“MPC TO DRILL UNDER DEARBORN RIVER: ENVIRONMENTALISTS ACCUSED OF CRYING WOLF”; GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE; 2002 FEB 21 http://www.greatfallstribune.com/news/stories/20020221/localnews/1687514.html PLANT CLOSURES--MONTANA
“CFAC OUTPUT TO RESUME”; DAILY INTERLAKE; 2002 FEB 13 http://www.dailyinterlake.com/NewsEngine/SelectStory.tpl?command=search&db=news.db&eqskudata=18-814254-96&search- var=cfac
POLLUTION
“SOIL TESTS ELEVATE CONCERNS: EPA WANTS TO CONDUCT MORE EVALUATIONS AFTER HIGH LEVELS OF LEAD AND ARSENIC FOUND”; MISSOULIAN; 2002 FEB 17 http://www.missoulian.com/archives/index.inn?loc=detail&doc=/2002/February/17-778-news02.txt
“POLLUTION THREATENS DELISTING: DEQ SAYS SMELTER HILL LAND NEEDS MORE EXTENSIVE TESTING”; GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE; 2002 FEB 22 http://www.greatfallstribune.com/news/stories/20020222/localnews/1693797.html
PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS
“STATE SUING MAJOR DRUG COMPANIES”; GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE; 2002 FEB 26 http://www.greatfallstribune.com/news/stories/20020226/localnews/1718136.html
PRISONERS--EDUCATION
“SCHOOL BEHIND BARS: INMATES GET SECOND CHANCE AT AN EDUCATION”; MONTANA STANDARD; 02 JAN 13 http://www.mtstandard.com/rednews/2002/01/13/build/specialreports/1life.html
PROPERTY RIGHTS
“BRIDGE PLAN SPARKS CONTROVERSY”; MONTANA STANDARD; 2002 JAN 10 http://www.mtstandard.com/rednews/2002/01/10/build/newslocal/1news.html
“ATTORNEY GENERAL DISCUSSES ‘TAKINGS’ DAILY INTERLAKE; 2002 JAN 16 http://www.dailyinterlake.com/NewsEngine/SelectStory.tpl?command=search&db=news.db&eqskudata=72-816074-21&search- var=attorney
PROPERTY TAXES--MONTANA
“MULTIPLE OWNERS OF PROPERTY FACE BILLING PROBLEM”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 JAN 12 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=rednews/2002/01/12/build/local/06-proptax.inc
RAILROADS
“RAIL PLAN MAY BOOST COMPETITION”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 JAN 31 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=rednews/2002/01/31/build/local/01-railplan.inc
REDISTRICTING--MONTANA
“REDISTRICTING THE HI-LINE”; HAVRE DAILY NEWS; 2002 JAN 4 http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpid=660&show=archivedetails&ArchiveID=720078&om=1
“REDISTRICTING DEBATE COMING TO HI-LINE TOWNS CRITERIA FOR REDRAWING LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS”; GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE; 2002 JAN 14
“REDISTRICTING PLAN GETS THE PUBLIC’S ATTENTION”; HAVRE DAILY NEWS; 2002 JAN 17 http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpid=660&show=archivedetails&ArchiveID=722262&om=1 “JUDGE: STATE’S LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS NOT UNFAIR TO INDIAN VOTERS”; INDEPENDENT RECORD; 2002 JAN 29 http://www.helenair.com/rednews/2002/01/29/build/montana/5A1.html
“HI-LINE TRIBES, COUNTY LEADERS AT ODDS OVER REDISTRICTING”; GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE; 2002 JAN 31 http://www.greatfallstribune.com/news/stories/20020131/localnews/1562418.html
“REDISTRICTING PANEL MEMBER RESIGNS”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 FEB 13 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=/rednews//2002/02/12/build/local/redistrict.inc
RIGHT OF WAY
“RIGHT -OF-WAY FEE GOES TO SUPREME COURT: HOME RULE KEY ISSUE IN APPEALING BAUGH’S RULING AGAINST CITY UTILITY FEE”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 JAN 16 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=rednews/2002/01/16/build/local/05-row.inc
SCHIP
“HHS TO DESIGNATE FETUS AS CHILD PROPOSAL WOULD COST STATE MORE OR COVER FEWER KIDS”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 FEB 1 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=world&display=rednews/2002/02/01/build/world/02-bush-fetus.inc
“PROPOSAL WOULD COST STATE MORE OR COVER FEWER KIDS”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 FEB 1 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=rednews/2002/02/01/build/local/00-reax.inc
SPECIAL SESSIONS
“CUTS PROMPT REQUEST FOR SPECIAL SESSION”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 FEB 26 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=rednews//2002/02/26/build/local/65specsession.inc
STATE-TRIBAL RELATIONS
“PLANNING FOR MONTANA ‘TOWN HALLS’ UNLEASHES SPATE OF TRIBAL INSULTS”; INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY; 2002 JAN 21 http://indiancountry.com/?1011626258
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
“TELECOM BUSINESS MUST BUCK THE TREND”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 JAN 30 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=rednews/2002/01/30/build/local/000-telcom.inc
TIMBER INDUSTRIES
“GOVERNOR SYMPATHETIC TO LOGGER CONCERNS”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 FEB 4 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=rednews/2002/02/04/build/local/martzloggers.inc
“DECISION: 60 MILLION BOARD FEET”; MISSOULIAN; 2002 FEB 8 http://www.missoulian.com/archives/index.inn?loc=detail&doc=/2002/February/08-100-news03.txt
TOBACCO PREVENTION
“ANTI-TOBACCO GROUP BLASTS MONTANA”; GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE; 2002 JAN 16
“MONTANA AMONG WORST IN HANDLING OF TOBACCO MONEY”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 JAN 16 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=rednews/2002/01/16/build/local/35-tobacco-report.inc
“NEW ANTI-TOBACCO CAMPAIGN IN MONTANA”; ASSOCIATED PRESS; 2002 FEB 13 TOURISM
“TOURISM’S COLD CASH KEEPS MONTANA, WYOMING WARM IN WINTER”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 02 JAN 20 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=rednews/2002/01/20/build/local/zmain.inc
UNDERAGE DRINKING
“SURVEYS INDICATE DRUG, ALCOHOL USE BY LOCAL STUDENTS HIGHER THAN STATE, NATIONAL AVERAGES”; LEWISTOWN NEWS-ARGUS; 2002 JAN 5
WATER POLLUTION
“ARSENIC POLLUTES WELL”; INDEPENDENT RECORD; 2002 FEB 1 http://www.helenair.com/rednews/2002/02/01/build/headline/1A2.html
WATER RIGHTS--MONTANA
“WATER RIGHTS AT STAKE IN TALKS WITH TRIBES”; DAILY INTERLAKE; 2002 JAN 31 http://www.dailyinterlake.com/NewsEngine/SelectStory.tpl?command=search&db=news.db&eqskudata=34-814839-99&search- var=water
WELFARE—MONTANA
“SENATORS TRACK DPHHS FUNDING”; INDEPENDENT RECORD; 2002 FEB 6 http://www.helenair.com/rednews/2002/02/06/build/montana/8A2.html
WELFARE REFORM
“STATE AGAIN CHOPS NEW WELFARE REFORM PROGRAMS”; GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE; 2002 JAN 18
“STUDY: WAGES ‘FORMIDABLE BARRIER’ TO WELFARE FAMILIES”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 FEB 13 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=/rednews//2002/02/12/build/local/1welfare.inc
“WELFARE REPORT ILLUSTRATES LARGER PROBLEM IN ECONOMY”; GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE; 2002 FEB 13
WILDLIFE LAWS
“2 LEGISLATORS ATTACK PROTECTION OF WOLVES”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 FEB 6 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=local&display=rednews/2002/02/06/build/local/16-wolves.inc
WIND POWER
“WIND PROJECT ON BLACKFEET LAND UP IN THE AIR”; GREAT FALLS TRIBUNE; 2002 FEB 20 http://www.greatfallstribune.com/news/stories/20020220/localnews/1680356.html
WOMEN PRISONERS
“MONTANA WOMEN’S PRISON INMATES UNDERGO RIGORS OF BOOT CAMP”; BILLINGS GAZETTE; 2002 JAN 20 http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?section=magazine&display=rednews/2002/01/20/build/magazine/00-bootcamp.inc