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Tuesday, February 09, 2010
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Networking Event Draws Tech Entrepreneurs Thursday, 04 February 2010 16:45   A networking event in Billings, hosted by TechRanch, for technology entrepreneurs generated a full house at The Rex last week. Representing a wide range of businesses and ventures, people came from throughout the region to meet others of like mind and interest – and that was exactly TechRanch’s purpose.
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Local Candidates Announce Campaigns Thursday, 04 February 2010 09:06 Brown for Senate     Republican Sen. Roy Brown (SD 25) announced his candidacy for re-election last week outside Congressman Denny Rehberg’s campaign headquarters. He is running for his fourth term in the reconfigured House District 49.     The 52-year-old Brown was the floor leader for the Republicans in the House during the 2003 session.   Brown said that he believes the race which will probably be between him and Democratic challenger Rep. Kendall Van Dky is likely to be the most closely and costly political race this year.  
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Feds Respond to Firearms Freedom Act Lawsuit Thursday, 21 January 2010 08:38
The United States has made its first response to a lawsuit filed in federal district court in Missoula to test the Montana Firearms Freedom Act (MFFA), passed by the 2009 Legislature and signed into law by Governor Schweitzer.
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Business News

  • Property Rights Forum Property Rights Forum
      A forum focused on the issue of private property rights is set for February 18 in Bozeman featuring the author of the book “Gridlock,” Randal O’Toole, talking about “Property Rights for Rural and Urban Landowners.”
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  • Networking Event Draws Tech Entrepreneurs Networking Event Draws Tech Entrepreneurs
      A networking event in Billings, hosted by TechRanch, for technology entrepreneurs generated a full house at The Rex last week. Representing a wide range of businesses and ventures, people came from throughout the region to meet others of like mind and interest – and that was exactly TechRanch’s purpose.
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  • Mixed Bag for Construction
    Last year ended as a mixed bag as nonresidential fixed investment increased 2.9 percent from the third quarter to the fourth quarter of 2009, according to the January 29 gross domestic product (GDP) report by the U.S. Commerce Department. The increase was led largely by a 13.3 percent gain in equipment and software spending. However, investment in nonresidential structures declined 15.4 percent following an 18.4 percent loss in the third quarter.
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Government & Politics

  • Tax Incentives Applications
    A number of companies are making application for the county’s business incentive program, which defers property taxes on new construction, instituting it incrementally over a ten year period. Among them is Global Rail, the spur railroad between...
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  • Sign up for Initiative on Russian Olive
    Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) officials in Bozeman announce the application deadline for participation in a Special Initiative to remove Russian Olive and Salt Cedar from the riparian corridors along all major water courses in the...
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  • Scoping for Yellowstone Park Winter Use
    The National Park Service (NPS) published a Notice of Intent in the Federal Register, announcing the start of public scoping for the long-term Winter Use Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Yellowstone National Park.  This long-term...
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Community & Events

  • Updates February 1 2010
    Lonnie Anderson, United Materials of Great Falls, was elected president of the Montana Contractors’ Association (MCA) during the organization’s annual meeting Jan 13-15 in Bozeman. Tony Martel, Martel Construction, Bozeman, was elected vice president....
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  • Lockwood Restaurant Planned
    A new fine dining restaurant and casino with an outdoor patio is coming to Lockwood. A special review for the liquor license at 170 Coburn Road was approved by Yellowstone County Commissioners, last week, in anticipation of the business, which will...
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  • When and Where January 15 2010
    The Montana Manufacturers Extension Center will hold their bi-yearly “Compete Smart” conference for the first time in Billings. With the theme “Soar with Manufacturing Peers & Allies,” the event will be held on Oct. 7 and 8 at the Holiday Inn...
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From the Editor

  • Bringing it Home
    Whether there is any kind of national reform in the health care situation doesn’t mean that the State of Montana couldn’t do a lot to bring down its own health care costs and insurance costs. In fact, I’m not too sure that we need a national effort at all, every state has many problems which they could easily mitigate if they should chose to do so – competition over...
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Guest Commentary

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NFIB Editorial

  • Time to Cap and Trade This Bad Idea
    By Riley Johnson     Virtually every elected official from Helena to Washington, D.C. expresses deep concern about the loss of jobs and the need to jumpstart our economy. After all, the national unemployment rate sits at around 10 percent (the highest in a quarter century), and here in Montana,...
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