Firearms / Wild Horses / Pension Fund / Taxes / EPA Air Emissions

Missoulian: Montana House advances gun rights bills

House Bill 302: Prohibit state enforcement of any federal ban on semi-auto firearms/magazines              

Senate Bill 304: Establish the firearm protection act

(Federal) S.150: Assault Weapons Ban of 2013

Missoulian: BLM moving 700 wild horses to Ennis area ranch; neighbors miffed

BLM Approves Wild Horse Pasture Near Ennis

“The Bureau of Land Management has decided to establish a long-term holding (LTH) pasture for excess wild horses on the Spanish Q Ranch near Ennis, Montana.  Long-term holding pastures are designed to provide unadoptable wild horses with humane, life-long care in a natural setting, off the public rangelands."

Missoulian: Governor's fix to Montana pension fund draws wide support  

House Bill 454: Provide funding for the public employees' retirement system defined benefit plan 

Missoulian: Montana Republican's bill seeks to simplify income taxes, drop tax breaks 

Senate Bill 282: Generally revise taxation of income, including the corporate license tax 

Missoulian: Report: Flaws in EPA drilling pollution data

At a Glance: EPA Needs to Improve Air Emissions Data for the Oil and Natural Gas Production Sector

Full Report 

Rocky Mountain Front Heritage / Taxes / Health Care Database

Missoulian: Rocky Mountain Front Heritage Act reintroducedin Congress 

S.364: A bill to establish the Rocky Mountain Front Conservation Management Area, to designate certain Federal land as wilderness,and to improve the management of noxious weeds in the Lewis and Clark NationalForest, and for other purposes. 

 

Missoulian: Montana industry officials back bill to lower tax on pollution equipment 

House Bill 408: Revise tax rate laws on mandated pollution control equipment 

Missoulian: Montana legislator proposes health care database to manage costs

HB 489: An act to create the Montana health care database 

Assisted Suicide / Reserve Guard Retirement / Married Couple Taxes

Missoulian: House panel takes up bill to criminalize assisted suicide  

HB 505: Clarify offense of aiding or soliciting suicide 

Missoulian: Tester bill would give wartime Guard, Reserve troops early retirement 

S.240: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the per-fiscal year calculation of days of certain active duty or active service used to reduce the minimum age at which a member of a reserve component of the uniformed services may retire for non-regular service.

Missoulian: Legislator wants to end penalty on married couples filing Montana taxes jointly 

HB 393: Revise individual income tax for married taxpayers 

Corner Crossing / State Employee Pay / Traffic Deaths / Disease Outbreak / Immigration

Missoulian: Montana House rejects 'corner crossing' bill 

HB 235: Revise trespass laws 

Missoulian: State employees seek Montana legislators' support for pay raise

House Bill 13: State employee pay plan 

Missoulian: Safety Council: Traffic deaths surged in 2012 

Crash Data by City, County and Indian Reservation

Fatality Analysis Reporting System 

Missoulian: CDC app lets you solve disease outbreaks at home 

Solve the Outbreak

Missoulian: Families look for relief from immigration bill

There are 45 bills currently dealing with immigration. Here are two.

HR 477: Nuclear Family Priority Act

HR 519: Uniting American Families Act of 2013