Coal Lease/ Brucellosis/ Water/ Birthrate/ STD

Missoulian: BLM rejects $5.3M offer for Montana coal lease
BLM Rejects Coal Lease Bid

Bozeman Daily Chronicle: Madison County bull infected with brucellosis; not likely to impact state’s status
Montana Department of Livestock: Brucellosis Found in Madison County Herd

USDA: Facts about Brucellosis
Billings Gazette: EPA chief: Wyoming water well results 'of concern'
EPA: Groundwater Investigation

Businessweek: U.S. Birthrate Declines for Third Year on Economic Worries
CDC: Recent Trends in Births and Fertility Rates Through 2010

Reuters: Syphilis rates drop, but STDs still big problem
CDC: Sexually Transmitted Diseases Surveillance

Rock Creek Mine/ Reaching 90

Missoulian: Updated: 9th Circuit upholds dismissal of Rock Creek mine lawsuit

9th Circuit Court Opinion: ROCK CREEK ALLIANCE V. USF&W

Missoulian: Census finds reaching age 90 more likely than ever

Census: Census Bureau Releases Comprehensive Analysis of Fast-Growing 90-and-Older Population

Pipelines/ Firearms

Missoulian: Pipelines at some Montana river, stream crossings at risk of failure

Montana Oil Pipeline Safety Review Council: Waterway Crossing Risk Management Presentation, Montana River Crossing Study, Pictures of Pipeline Crossing Concerns\

Missoulian: House to vote on concealed weapons permit bill

H.R. 822 National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011

S.436 -- Fix Gun Checks Act of 2011

Defense Cuts/ School Lunch

Missoulian: Panetta: Deep defense cuts mean fewer troops

DOD: Panetta, Dempsey to Testify On Iraqi Security Issues- live streaming

Missoulian: Congress pushes back on healthier school lunches

H.R.2112: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act

Environment/ Affordable Health Care Act/ Farmers Markets/ Workplace Injuries

Missoulian: Environmental law waiver faces skeptics on U.S.-Canada border
H.R.1505 -- National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act

Missoulian: Supreme Court will hear health care case this term
U.S. Supreme Court: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Missoulian: USDA: 'Locally grown' food a $4.8 billion businessUSDA: Direct and Intermediated Marketing of Local Foods in the United States
USDA: Farmers Market Directory

Missoulian: Montana Survey: Work injuries decline
Montana Department of Labor and Industry: Montana’s Workplace Injuries and Illnesses are Declining