Helena Montana

1. Democrats host jobs tour in Helena

HELENA- Montana Democrats are traveling around the state gathering ideas about how to create jobs and their most recent stop landed them in Helena.

2. Montana has 8th best business tax climate in country, study says

HELENA - Montana has the eighth best business tax climate in the U.S., a national study has concluded.

3. Montana FWP seeking comment on proposals

HELENA- Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials are looking for the public to weigh in on a number of wildlife proposals that were recently approved by the FWP Commission.

4. Tester, Baucus support amending U.S. Constitution to regulate campaign spending

HELENA - Montana 's Democratic Sens. Jon Tester and Max Baucus said Tuesday they are backing proposed constitutional amendments to reverse a controversial U.S. Supreme Court decision on campaign finance laws.

5. Lawsuit prompts Deer Lodge prison to seek translator

HELENA — Montana State Prison officials are in contract negotiations to provide translation services to inmates who receive correspondence in languages other than English, a response to a convicted killer's lawsuit challenging the prison's letter policy.

6. Snow plow drivers say strike is still an option

HELENA- Montana truck and snow plow drivers say that going on strike is a still an option, but they have a meeting scheduled with a state mediator to discuss alternatives.

7. Montana wind energy industry flying high

HELENA - Montana's wind energy industry is flying high in this new year. Governor Brian Schweitzer says the state is now producing 395 megawatts of installed wind generation capacity.

8. Montana Women Vote Gather in Helena

Members of the group Montana Women Vote were also on hand at the capitol rally. This weekend, the statewide non-profit is holding its 6th Annual Women's Policy Leadership Institute in Helena.

9. Montana Considers Using Hunters To Kill Stray Bison

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana officials gave their initial approval Thursday to a plan that would let hunters kill bison that stray beyond designated areas north of Yellowstone National Park and from the Fort Peck and Fort Belknap Indian reservations.

10. Montana’s Wildlife Policies Raise Ethical Question

HELENA — Montana is looking to recreational hunters for help in enforcing more of its wildlife management policies, but one regulator worries they are being asked to cross an ethical line in doing so. The question is whether the state is unwittingly putting those hunters in a fix: Does their new role fall within ethical hunting guidelines or does it reduce them to wildlife management mercenaries ...