Big Dams/ Montana Budget/ Family Planning/ Mars Megaflood/ Wrongful Birth/ Military Cutbacks/ Liquor Licenses

Missoulian: Montana lawmakers consider adding big dams to renewable energy list 

SB 45:  Revise the renewable portfolio standard laws to include hydro expansions

Missoulian: Montana House panel OKs $9B budget on party-line vote
Missoulian: Republicans in Montana House reject attempt to restore family planning funds

HB 2:  General Appropriations Act
House Appropriations Committee Meeting, March 11, 2013
Discussion of family planning at 03:07:01
 

Missoulian: Similarities to Missoula megaflood seen on Mars, elsewhere on Earth 

NASA Helps See Buried Mars Flood Channels in 3-D 

“The estimated size of the flooding appears to be comparable to the ancient mega-flood that created the Channeled Scablands in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, in eastern Washington.

The findings are reported in the March 7 issue of Science Express by a team of scientists from NASA, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, and the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo.”

Missoulian: Montana Senate committee considers ban on wrongful birth lawsuits 

HB 310:  Prohibit lawsuits for wrongful birth and wrongful life

Missoulian: Great Falls legislator proposes task force on preventing military cutbacks

HB 579: Establish task force on military missions and economic impacts in Montana

Missoulian: Montana House backs letting business owners have up to 3 liquor licenses

SB 120:Increase from 1 to 3 the number of liquor licenses an individual may have