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Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, known for vetoing bills with a cattle brand, was the event’s other keynote speaker. As attendees dined, Schweitzer mingled by tables in the back of the ballroom in blue jeans and a bolo tie, joking with the media ...
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HELENA – Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Thursday that he is seeking bids for contractors to establish a new primary care clinic for government employees, a plan whose details the administration said will depend on the proposals that come in.
Schweitzer said that the state is seeking bids from companies to run a facility that state employees would use for doctor visits. He said it would save money by cutting out health insurance administration and...
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A Helena judge said Monday that Gov. Brian Schweitzer's vetoes of some local infrastructure spending were unconstitutional.
Schweitzer responded by calling the decision "a sad day for Montana" by restricting the ability of the governor to intervene in legislative spending. Schweitzer said a decision whether to appeal would come later.
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HELENA — Gov. Brian Schweitzer has appointed a former labor leader to be the next commissioner over political ethics and campaign complaints. The Democratic governor announced Monday that he had selected Jim Murry over three others recommended by legislative leaders to be commissioner of political practices. Murry was executive secretary of the Montana State AFL-CIO from 1968 to 1991. He was recommended by Democratic legislative leaders, as...
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When President Barack Obama last week rejected the Keystone XL Pipeline, at least for now, Montana’s U.S. delegation swiftly rebuked him. Their support for the project has been steadfast and they directed a bipartisan chorus of boos at the White House. Then there was Gov. Brian Schweitzer, whose displeasure was aimed at an altogether different target.
“The people of Nebraska said we don’t want the pipeline,” Schweitzer said. “They’ve got 16...
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Brian Schweitzer’s vetoes of some local infrastructure ... He says the vetoes went beyond the constitutional line-item veto power give the governor. Schweitzer says he vetoed the particular projects because Republican legislators representing ...
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HELENA – Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Wednesday that he wants legislative leaders to provide a list of nominees for political practice commissioner by next week in the wake of Dave Gallik's resignation.
Gallik was appointed last summer after the Republican-led Senate rejected Schweitzer's first choice. The Helena attorney resigned this week amid an escalating public dispute with staff over their allegations that he was doing private practice...
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HELENA – Federal officials attempting to smooth over a wildlife management dispute with Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer sent over their plans to transport 4.5 million trout eggs from a federal hatchery over the next month.
The planned shipments from the Ennis National Fish Hatchery have become political leverage in the dispute as the Democratic governor attempts to persuade the Interior Department to change how it manages other wildlife...
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BILLINGS – Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Wednesday he will allow some trout eggs to be shipped from a federal hatchery after blocking out-of-state shipments last week in a wildlife management dispute with the Interior Department.
Two shipments totaling 142,000 eggs were approved from the Ennis National Fish Hatchery to New Hampshire and Utah, where they will be hatched and used to stock local waterways.
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HELENA — State officials estimate that Montana's population has surpassed 1 million people for the first time.
Gov. Brian Schweitzer's office said Tuesday that state Census and Economic Information Center officials believe Montana passed the milestone sometime between November and December.
“Montana is starting the new year off with a bang,” Schweitzer said. “People from all over the world recognize that Montana is the best place to start...
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Brian Schweitzer is the current governor of Montana.
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