Legislative Session: Week 14 (Part I)

April 5, 2009 in 2009 Legislative Session, Environment, Montana, Water Quality

by jhwygirl There are a number of committee hearings for Monday through Wednesday. Here is the complete list. It’s a hard pick on which industry has gotten more attempts at free passes this session: coal or coal bed methane. There’s been a bevvy of bills for both, and Monday House Taxation hears one sucky bill, [...]

Democrat Tyler Gernant Announces Congressional Campaign

April 5, 2009 in 2010 Election, Montana, Montana Democrats, Montana politics, Progressives, Tyler Gernant

by jhwygirl Tyler Gernant, an attorney out of Missoula, has officially announced his campaign for U.S. House of Representatives – you know, that seat held by Dennis “It’s only pork when others vote for it, but I can still take credit for it” Rehberg? His website is up, and here’s his announcement video: Check him [...]

Healthy Montana Kids Initiative at Risk Again

April 5, 2009 in 2009 Legislative Session, Carol Williams, David Wanzenried, Montana

by jhwygirl This one comes entirely from my good Democratic friend Joan Vetter Ehrenberg in the Flathead: Here we go again, Republicans, now those in the Senate Finance and Claims Committee, are cutting the funding for the Healthy Kids Initiative (CHIP) out of HB 2 and losing necessary matching federal funds that are a win/win [...]

Terminal Missoula Woman Being Denied Physician-Assisted Suicide

April 5, 2009 in Ethics, Montana

by jhwygirl Missoula resident Janet Murdock, who is in her last painful stages of ovarian cancer, is being denied physician-assisted suicide despite a December Montana District Court ruling, Baxter v. Montana, by Judge Dorothy McCarter which said that Montana residents have a right to assistance when it comes to matters of the “right of a [...]

sunday favorites…

April 5, 2009 in Montana

by problembear just gotta love the big hole if you are a fish loving bear….here are some favorites i picked out to while away on with your spring time sunday thoughts… food/fish about blogging gardening favorite radio show beauty meanwhile for the s.o. and i, it’s off to ekstroms for a great sunday brunch then the maiden [...]