Adulterated Drugs/ Physical Activity for Children/ Oil Pipeline/ Food Stamps

Taking a vacation: News items will not be updated again till June 4th

Missoulian: Montana to receive $218K in Medicaid settlement with Indian drug company 

Attorney General Fox Announces Montana’s Participation inMultistate Settlement 

“Attorney General Tim Fox announced today that Montana has joined with other states and the federal government in a $500 million dollar settlement to resolve civil and criminal allegations that Ranbaxy, a generic pharmaceutical manufacturer based in Gurgaon, India, introduced adulterated drugs into interstate commerce. As a result, false or fraudulent claims were submitted to Montana’s Medicaid Program.”

Generic Drug Manufacturer Ranbaxy Pleads Guilty and Agreesto Pay $500 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations, cGMP Violations andFalse Statements to the FDA 

“In the largest drug safety settlement to date with a generic drug manufacturer, Ranbaxy USA Inc. , a subsidiary of Indian generic pharmaceutical manufacturer Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited, pleaded guilty today to felony charges relating to the manufacture and distribution of certain adulterated drugs made at two of Ranbaxy’s manufacturing facilities in India, the Justice Department announced today.   Ranbaxy also agreed to pay a criminal fine and forfeiture totaling $150 million and to settle civil claims under the False Claims Act and related State laws for $350 million.  ”

Missoulian: Report: Nation's kids need to get more physical 

Educating the Student Body: Taking Physical Activity andPhysical Education to School 

Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans 

Missoulian: House passes GOP bill to speed pipeline approval

H.R.3: Northern Route Approval Act

Missoulian: Senate rejects bid to let states run food stamps

S.AMDT.960: To repeal the nutrition entitlement programs andestablish a nutrition assistance block grant program. (starting page S3665)

Smurfit Superfund/ Food, Farm, Jobs Bill/ Devil's Brigade

Missoulian: EPA proposes Superfund designation for Frenchtown mill site

Smurfit-Stone Mill
“With support from Missoula County, Missoula City-County Health Department and the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), and the Tribal Council of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, the EPA announced a proposal to add the Smurfit-Stone Mill site near Frenchtown, Montana to the National Priorities List (NPL), making it eligible for comprehensive assessment and cleanup resources under EPA’s Superfund program.”

Missoulian: Ag secretary: U.S. House version of farm bill could hurt Montana
Statement by Secretary Vilsack on Congressional Progress Toward Passage of a Food, Farm and Jobs Bill         

Missoulian: Bill to honor Fort Harrison-based Devil's Brigade passes U.S. House 

H.R.324: To grant the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the First Special Service Force, in recognition of its superior service during World War

Wolves/ Tornadoes/ Visas

Missoulian: Feds indefinitely delay decision on lifting wolf protection
Gray wolf (Canis lupus)

Missoulian: More tornadoes from global warming? Nobody knows 

NOAA Watch

Missoulian: Senators agree to expansion of high-tech visas
S.744: Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act 

Supreme Court Cases- FCC Cell Phone Towers/ Vaccine lawyer fees

Missoulian: High court uphold FCC power in cell tower disputes

Arlington v. FCC

“Wireless telecommunications networks require towers and antennas; proposed sites for those towers and antennas must be approved by local zoning authorities. In the Telecommunications Act of 1996, Congress “impose[d] specific limitations on the traditional authority of state and local governments to regulate the location, construc­tion, and modification of such facilities,” Rancho Palos Verdes v. Abrams, 544 U. S. 113, 115 (2005), and incorpo­rated those limitations into the Communications Act of 1934, see 110 Stat. 56, 151. Section 201(b) of that Actem powers the Federal Communications Commission to “prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary in the public interest to carry out [its] provisions.”

Missoulian: Court: woman can seek lawyer fees in vaccine case

 Sebelius v. Cloer

“The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (NCVIA or Act) established a no-fault compensation system to stabilize the vaccine market and expedite compensation to injured parties. Bruesewitz v. Wyeth LLC, 562 U. S. ___, ___–___. Under the Act, “[a] proceeding for compensation” is “initiated” by “service upon the Secretary” of Health and Human Services and “the filing of a petition containing” specified documentation with the clerk of the Court of Federal Claims, who then “immediately” forwards the petition for assignment to a special master. 42 U. S. C. §300aa–11(a)(1).”