Montana Legislative Reference Center Indexed Newspaper Clippings—February 2002
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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,