Aaron Flint posted on June 24, 2011 08:59 :: 1105 Views Higher taxes. Steeper cuts to Medicare. A payroll tax deduction. All are apparently on the table, as new details become available from Senator Max Baucus (D-MT). Reuters has the latest: (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Max Baucus, a member of Vice President Joe Biden’s deficit-reduction Read More…
Aaron Flint posted on June 24, 2011 08:07 :: 1427 Views Former Congressman Rick Hill (R-MT) leads Democratic Attorney General Steve Bullock in a new poll conducted by a Democratic polling firm looking at the potential 2012 gubernatorial matchup. That’s a screenshot from the latest Public Policy Polling (PPP) poll. Hill also leads in a potential matchup against Read More…
The editor of The Helena Independent Record has been fired and replaced, as The Montana Standard editor will now oversee both operations. The Montana Standard and Helena Independent Record, daily newspapers owned by Lee Enterprises, have created a combined management structure that eliminated one editor position in Helena, John Doran, who was the editor at Read More…
Aaron Flint posted on June 23, 2011 14:59 :: 1446 Views No money for her family, and- unless I am missing something- no money for Montana connected charities (sorry Gov Schweitzer). This, as MSNBC.com’s Bill Dedman obtains a copy of Huguette Clark’s will. Huguette was the heiress to Montana Copper King- Senator William Clark. Bill Dedman has the latest in this Read More…
“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…
Aaron Flint posted on June 23, 2011 14:15 :: 1222 Views Congressman Denny Rehberg (R-MT) has often mentioned a temporary halt to payroll taxes as a way to stimulate the economy, something that he says would have cost as much as the so-called “stimulus” bill and yet had more of an actual impact on jobs. Read More…
Aaron Flint posted on June 23, 2011 08:42 :: 1612 Views President Obama, the adopted son of Montana’s Crow Indian Tribe, appears to once again be standing in the way of efforts to develop Montana’s depressed tribal economies. After doing nothing to help get a clean coal project up and running on the Crow Indian Reservation, now the Obama Read More…
Aaron Flint posted on June 23, 2011 08:04 :: 1023 Views With new changes to Montana’s workers compensation law taking effect July 1st, The Montana State Fund says some businesses could see as much as a 70 percent reduction in costs. Carl Kochman with the Montana State Fund rode his Harley Davidson down to our Northern Broadcasting Read More…
“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…
“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…
“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…
Aaron Flint posted on June 22, 2011 09:03 :: 1370 Views KULR8-TV notes the entry of State Sen. Kim Gillan (D-Billings) into Montana’s lone US House race, and details a crowded Democratic primary in the race for US House with this synopsis on Missoula City Councilman Dave Strohmaier: Also in the race, Democrat Dave Strohmaier has served two terms Read More…
Aaron Flint posted on June 22, 2011 08:21 :: 1139 Views A new report details a highly a mobile oil and gas economy in the Rocky Mountain West and Upper Great Plains States, and shows how drilling has returned to pre-recession levels . I spoke with Julia Haggerty, a policy analyst with Headwaters Economics in Bozeman, Montana, after Read More…
Aaron Flint posted on June 21, 2011 15:07 :: 1683 Views Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) trails Congressman Denny Rehberg by two points (Rehberg leads 47 to 45) in a new poll by Public Policy Polling. Here is the word for word press release I just received from PPP: PPP Press Release: Sen. Jon Tester is Read More…
Aaron Flint posted on June 21, 2011 13:47 :: 1162 Views I sat next to State Sen. Kim Gillan (D-Billings) on the plane to Minneapolis last week, and had a great conversation for much of the trip. After the plane landed, I updated my facebook page saying that she is a “likely Democratic Congressional candidate.” Read More…
Aaron Flint posted on June 21, 2011 12:30 :: 1047 Views Don’t expect gas prices to go below $3 a gallon anytime soon, as CNBC reports. Do expect the Obama Administration, though, to continue pursuing Western land grabs, new monuments, and wilderness designations. I had the opportunity to make the trip to Minneapolis this past weekend. That’s where Read More…
Aaron Flint posted on June 21, 2011 09:22 :: 1673 Views A liberal polling firm, which has garnered much attention from the mainstream media in Montana, says Jon Tester is in trouble. We are expecting poll the latest poll results from Public Policy Polling (PPP) any day now. Over the weekend, 47 North Communications- a conservative Read More…
“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…
“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…
“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…
Aaron Flint posted on June 17, 2011 14:04 :: 2686 Views Forget a challenge from Governor Brian Schweitzer (D-MT). Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) may now have a very good reason to retire from the US Senate- despite his role as Chairman of the Finance Committee. In all seriousness, check out this picture of Senator Baucus on Read More…
“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…
Aaron Flint posted on June 15, 2011 15:41 :: 1306 Views Former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt (Clinton Administration) is back and babbling again, citing a “shadow war on the environment” he says is being waged by House Republicans. Here’s a link to his remarks at The National Press Club where he bragged about creating national monuments by Read More…
Aaron Flint posted on June 15, 2011 14:36 :: 1433 Views OK- don’t worry, I’ll get to the antelope story in a bit (or you can scroll down to the video below). But first, this is interesting: the Commissioner of Political Practices ruled against a group founded by The Billings Gazette, saying the group violated campaign Read More…
Aaron Flint posted on June 15, 2011 11:56 :: 1013 Views In case you missed the news earlier this week, while I was in Denver- Scott Aspenlieder was back in our Northern Broadcasting studios in Montana. During Monday’s Voices of Montana Scott first announced his official run for Secretary of State. Click below to listen to audio from Monday’s show. Click to Read More…
Aaron Flint posted on June 15, 2011 09:09 :: 2579 Views UPDATE As an update to my post on the Montana Human Rights Network and their attempts to take advantage of a manhunt in Western Montana to push their political agenda, we have an update and a correction from NBC Montana. The bottom line: NBC Montana basically told viewers this- MHRN Read More…
“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…
It’s no secret that North Dakota has been kicking Montana’s butt economically. But there’s another storyline that doesn’t often get published back here in Montana: North Dakota has been kicking Montana’s butt when it comes to alternative energy production. Odd, you might say, considering the fact that some Montana politicians were thumping their chest after passing down a “green Read More…
Aaron Flint posted on June 14, 2011 11:23 :: 1043 Views Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) was quizzed by his campaign chaser over the national debt, while his friends in the banking industry are now apparently looking to the courts for relief following the failure of Tester’s amendment to block the limit on debit card swipe Read More…
“This president does not have a strategy to contain, defeat, or win.” Potential of over 300 New Jobs in Central MT Should you go solar? Consider these factors first… Former SC Congressman says people will make good decisions about energ… ‘This president I think is unilaterally disarming our country as it re… Rep. Jeff Essmann Read More…