Barry Beach/ USDA Refinancing/ Diet Pill

Missoulian: Montana Supreme Court asked to put Barry Beach back behind bars
Stave v. Beach 84-373 (opinion from 1985)

Helena Independent Record: USDA to help thousands of rural homeowners
We Can't Wait: Secretary Vilsack Announces Outreach to Help Rural USDA-Financed Homeowners Refinance Mortgages, Reduce Payments
“Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today met with lenders, public officials, and community leaders in central Florida to encourage eligible homeowners to take advantage of historically low home mortgage rates being offered in Florida and 18 other states through a USDA pilot loan refinancing program. Refinancing is available for any homeowner with a loan made or guaranteed by Rural Development, subject to eligibility requirements.”

Helena Independent Record: Miracle diet pill? A safe drug is elusive
VI-0521 (QNEXA®) ADVISORY COMMITTEE BRIEFING DOCUMENT
“QNEXA is an orally administered, once-daily weight loss therapy that contains a combination of immediate-release phentermine hydrochloride (PHEN) and extended-release topiramate (TPM). These two agents suppress appetite through complementary and distinct mechanisms (decreased hunger and increased satiety), leading to additive effects on weight loss. Both PHEN and TPM are U.S.-marketed drugs approved at higher doses than those contained in QNEXA.”

CDC: Overweight and Obesity

Riverbed Ownership/ Big Branch Mine

Missoulian: U.S. Supreme Court strikes down ruling on utility's river-bed rent

PPL Montana v. Montana
“Until recently, Montana, though aware of the projects’ existence, sought no rent for use of the riverbeds. Instead, the understanding of PPL and the United States is that PPL has paid rents to the United States. In 2003, parents of Montana schoolchildren filed a federal suit, claiming that PPL’s facilities were on riverbeds that were state owned and part of Montana’s school trust lands. The State joined the suit and, for the first time, sought rents from PPL for its use of the riverbeds. That case was dismissed, and PPL and other power com­panies filed a state-court suit, claiming that Montana was barred from seeking compensation for PPL’s riverbed use.”

Helena Independent Record: Probe targets foremen in 2010 W.Va. mine disaster

Fatal Accident Investigation Report and Related Information - 12/6/2011
“The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration issued its Report of Investigation of the fatal underground mine explosion occurring April 5, 2010, and related material.”

Corp. Taxes/ Montana Health

Missoulian: AP source: Obama seeks 28 percent corp. tax rate
U.S. Treasury : Administration's FY2013 Budget Proposes Tax Policy to Boost Growth, Create Jobs and Improve Opportunity for Middle Class
Green Book

Missoulian: Montana among 8 states to get federal health co-op loans
HHS: Recovery Act: Montana Highlights
“Since the enactment of the Recovery Act in 2009, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has made $342.3 million available in the State of Montana* for Community Health Centers, universities and other institutions in the State to provide fiscal relief, improve and expand access to health care, provide child care and other social services for its most vulnerable citizens, establish the infrastructure for health information technology, and conduct scientific research.”

logging / Affirmative Action/ Winter Storm/ Prisoner Rights

Missoulian: Beetles spur increased Bitterroot National Forest timber sales

Forest Service: Logging to Begin this Week Around Lake Como

Missoulian: High court to take new look at affirmative action

Abigail Noel Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin

Missoulian: WINTER STORM WARNING: Snow and high winds headed this way

Watches, Warnings or Advisories for Montana

“A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 50 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.”