Salvaging Road Kill/ Campaign Finance Disclosure/ Fire/ Congressional Ethics Investigations

Missoulian: FWP proposal allows motorists to salvage road kill in Montana

 FWP Seeks Comment on Proposed Wildlife Salvage Rule

“Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is seeking comment on a proposed rule to carry out a new law that allows salvaging of antelope, deer, elk or moose killed in collisions with cars, trucks and other motor vehicles.”

Missoulian: Tester: Plan to require electronic filing of campaign finance reports moves forward

S.375 : Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act

Missoulian: Fire blackens 720 acres near Frenchtown; hundreds evacuated

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Missoulian: Ethics committee investigating GOP Rep. Bachmann

Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Michele Bachmann

Missoulian: Ethics committee extends investigation of Roskam

Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Peter Roskam

Missoulian: Ethics panel extends investigation for Tierney

Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative John Tierney

Fires/ Sex Trafficking/ Western Tradition Partnership/ Criminal Charges- SAC Capital

Missoulian: Emigrant fire still uncontolled, grows slightly to 450 acres

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Missoulian: Montana, Idaho attorneys general want more authority to prosecute sex traffickers
Attorney General Fox Asks Congress to Fight Prostitution, Child Sex Trafficking by Amending Federal Law

“In a letter to key members of Congress, the Attorneys General advocated that Congress amend the Communications Decency Act to provide criminal jurisdiction to state and local prosecutors. According to Attorney General Fox, the Communications Decency Act of 1996 was drafted when the internet was in its infancy. The original purpose of the Act was to protect children from accessing indecent material online, but courts have interpreted certain provisions of the Act to provide immunity from State prosecution to online classified ad sites, such as Backpage.com, that promote and profit from human trafficking.”

Missoulian: State asks judge to hit secretive campaign group with big fine
Bonogofsky v. Western Tradition Partnership

Missoulian: Feds charge hedge fund SAC Capital in NY case

Statement of Assistant Director in Charge George Venizelos at Press Conference Announcing Criminal Charges Against SAC Capital

“SAC Capital and its management fostered a culture of permissiveness. To be blunt, SAC—through the actions and inactions of its management—not only tolerated cheating, it encouraged it.

Management at SAC Capital, including the firm’s owner, actively recruited portfolio managers and research analysts with access to inside information.”

Fishing Restrictions/ Fire/ Lance Armstrong/ Pay-For-Delay

Missoulian: FWP restricts fishing on Clark Fork, Bitterroot rivers
Fishing Restricted to Coolest Part of the Day on Parts of Bitterroot, Clark Fork

“In an effort to protect fish from the stress of low stream flows and high water temperatures, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks will prohibit fishing from 2p.m. until midnight on parts of the Clark Fork and all of the Bitterroot Rivers, excluding the East and West Forks, beginning Thursday, July 25.”

Missoulian: Superior wildfire was human caused; firefighting costs hit $7.2M

West Mullan Fire

Missoulian: Armstrong urges judge to dismiss gov't lawsuit
United States Joins Lawsuit Alleging Lance Armstrong and Others Caused the Submission of False Claims to the U.S. Postal Service

“The Department of Justice announced today that the government has joined a civil lawsuit alleging that Lance Armstrong, Johan Bruyneel and Tailwind Sports LLC and Tailwind Sports Corporation (Tailwind) submitted or caused the submission of false claims to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) in connection with its sponsorship of a professional bicycle racing team by regularly employing banned substances and methods to enhance their performance, in violation of the USPS sponsorship agreements.  ”

Missoulian: Senators push for quicker generic drug access

FTC: Recent Supreme Court Decision Puts Agency in Stronger Position to Protect Consumers From Anticompetitive Pay-for-Delay Drug Settlements

Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission….

FTC v Activis
“The FDA eventually approved Actavis’ generic product, but instead of bringing its drug to market, Actavis entered into a “reverse payment” settlement agreement with Solvay, agreeing not to bring its generic to market for a specified number of years and agreeing to promote AndroGel to doctors in exchange for millions of dollars.”

Fires/ School Bus Safety/ Iran Sanctions

Missoulian: Wildfire threatens to close Magruder Corridor road; Florence fire snuffed
Missoulian: Schwarzenegger visits Superior wildfire; ground crews report progress
Missoulian: Firefighters attack blaze near Bonner as wildfire danger moves to 'very high'
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Missoulian: New school bus safety recommendations expected

 School bus and truck crash

“On February 16, 2012, a school bus transporting 25 students was traveling northbound on Burlington County Road 660 through an intersection. At the same time, a Mack roll-off truck with a fully loaded dump container was traveling east on BCR 528, approaching the same intersection. As the school bus proceeded across the intersection, the truck collided with the left rear of the bus. The crash killed one student on the school bus. Five students were seriously injured, 10 students and the bus driver sustained minor injuries, and nine students were uninjured. The truck driver was not injured.

The Board will also be hearing information regarding a crash that occurred in Port St. Lucie, Florida on March 26, 2012 in which a school bus was hit by a truck-tractor semitrailer. As a result of the crash, one student passenger was fatally injured, four sustained serious injuries and twelve others were transported to the hospital. Due to the similarities between the Port St. Lucie, Florida and Chesterfield, New Jersey crashes, school bus occupant protection issues from both crashes will be reviewed and the Board will consider possible recommendations to improve school bus safety nationwide.”

Missoulian: Congress, Obama at odds over new Iran sanctions

H.R.850: Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013  

H.RES.109: Condemning the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.

H.AMDT.236 to H.R.2231 Amendment prohibits the authorizing of leases under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to any person in violation of various Iranian sanctions.

S.892: Iran Sanctions Loophole Elimination Act of 2013

S.965: Iran Sanctions Implementation Act of 2013

Fires

Missoulian: Small wildfire burning in Bob Marshall Wilderness Area
Missoulian: Fire burning on peak south of Livingston grows
Missoulian: West Mullan fire grows to 5,880 acres, but crews make progress
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