Montana Netroots is Back!

January 26, 2009 in Blogs

by jhwygirl Shane’s put the notice out – Montana Netroots is back! MontanaNetroots is a collaborative blog – and has a new format which allows anyone to sign up and get an account and post diaries. Should be great stuff, as it always was – a mix of left and right. So get over there, [...]

Follow-up – Monday’s House and Senate Floor Sessions

January 26, 2009 in 2009 Legislative Session, Montana

by jhwygirl Note: There’s some problem with the House floor audio from today, folks. I’m sure the legislative staff will get that corrected. It’s a long day and those people are kicking ass doing a tremendous job. First off – a Happy 29th Birthday to Rep. JP Pomnichowski, of Bozeman! The entire House sang a [...]

Montana’s Minimum Wage Under Attack

January 26, 2009 in 2009 Local Election, Economy & Business, Montana

by jhwygirl 2006′s Initiative 151 raised Montana’s minimum wage and tied its increases, annually, to inflation. Donald J Steinbeisser, of Sidney, has proposed SB254 that would remove the inflation indexing and stall minimum wage at $6.90 an hour. I am shocked that a legislator would be working to subvert the will of the voters. I-151 [...]

Smurfit-Stone Files for Bankruptcy

January 26, 2009 in Economy & Business, Montana

by jhwygirl Late Sunday evening. From Bloomberg. From Reuters. Then there’s this, with links for the documents, but you gotta subscribe.