Governor Brian Schweitzer

BISMARCK, N.D. – Montana's governor says clean coal technology could help generate billions of dollars for his state and North Dakota. Gov. Brian Schweitzer spoke in Bismarck at an energy seminar Tuesday.  

HELENA – A state law used to determine Gov. Brian Schweitzer illegally appeared in state-produced radio announcements while he was a candidate is vague and should be thrown out, an attorney for the governor argued. "I don't think there's any question that the law is ambiguous and should not be enforced on the governor," Mike Meloy told District Judge Jeff Sherlock at a hearing. "This is not Watergate. This is a simple 'thank-you-to-farmers...  

Montana Public Service Commission Brad Molnar wants Gov. Brian Schweitzer to provide all computer records on the proposed Mountain States Transmission Intertie (MSTI), a 430-mile transmission line from southwest Montana into Idaho, and the governor's office said they're willing to provide the records as soon as Molnar coughs up the cash to pay for the search.Billings GazetteView Comments |  

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer, the head of the Democratic Governors Association, was the keynote speaker at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner in Charleston, W.Va., over the weekend. Schweitzer said Montana and West Virginia (both rural, coal-producing states) will “lead the country to coal that is cleaner and greener.” Schweitzer was joined by many of that state’s highest-profile Democratic politicians, including U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller...  

A request by the Northwest Montana Association of Realtors calling for a special session of the state Legislature to address “current inadequacies” in the property tax reappraisal carried out in the 2009 regular session was immediately swatted down by Gov. Brian Schweitzer last week. The letter, written by NMAR President Barb Funk, notes that 11 counties, including Flathead and Lake, will be “disproportionally affected by higher than...  

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer met with Revett Minerals executives who talked with him about how its Troy mine is succeeded despite low metal prices, and to emphasize the company's continuing enthusiasm about its proposed silver and copper mine in the Cabinet Mountains.Western NewsView Comments |  

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer – chair of the Democratic Governors Association – was in Washington, D.C., last week and spoke to POLITICO about the two, closely watched gubernatorial races this year. Apparently, Schweitzer likes his party’s chances in New Jersey, but is less confident about the race in Virginia. From Jonathan Martin: Asked in an interview with POLITICO about the New Jersey race, Democratic Governors Association chairman and...  

Gov. Brian Schweitzer has ordered flags on state-owned property to be flown at half-staff until Veterans's Day to honor the people killed in the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas.  

The president of the Montana Stockgrowers Association apologized Thursday to Gov. Brian Schweitzer for a "distressed relationship" as the conservative-leaning group said it wants to stop quarreling with the Democrat. "I am deeply pained by the distressed relationship that our organization has chosen to maintain with you throughout your term of office," group president Tom Hougen wrote in a letter that he handed to Schweitzer. "I am not...  

The head of the Democratic Governors Association suggested Friday that Democrats would have a better shot at winning the governor's race in New Jersey than in Virginia, although he said the revelation of Republican Robert F. McDonnell's controversial thesis could hurt the GOP in the commonwealth. Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer said in an interview that Democrat R. Creigh Deeds is "a good candidate," but was more laudatory of Gov. Jon S. Corzine...  

Montana Governor To Visit West VirginiaWest Virginia MetroNewsMontana Governor Brian Schweitzer will be the keynote speaker for the event Saturday at the Charleston Civic Center. "Governor Schweitzer did a great, ...and more »  

Domestic FuelGovernor Schweitzer Celebrates Completion of Glacier Wind ProjectKFBB NewsChannel 5Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer was in Glacier County today, to celebrate this achievement, as well as to look forward to the future of wind energy in the ...2009-10-22 Naturener completes final phase of 210MW Montana...New Energy Matters (subscription)Wind energy project coming to MontanaKTVQ-TVall 64 news articles »  

Montana Governor Schweitzer Announces AppointmentsKECI-TVMcCrea is an archivist with the Mansfield Library at the University of Montana. She has a master of library and information science degree from the ...and more »  

So What Do We Do Now?Tenth Amendment Center (blog)Rob Natelson is a constitutional law professor at the University of Montana, and runner-up in the 2000 “open primary” for Governor of Montana. ...and more »  

Governor meets with bond rating groupsKTVQ-TVMoney in the bank gives Governor Brian Schweitzer a position of financial strength as he met with bond money folks in New York on Wednesday. ...and more »