Bitterroot National Forest Travel Plan/ Medicaid Expansion Killed/ Climate Change and Health

Missoulian: Bitterroot National Forest releases long-awaited travel plan
Darby Lumber Lands Watershed Improvement and Travel Management Project

Missoulian: Committee votes to kill Medicaid-expansion bill
SB 405: Establish the Montana Health and Economic Livelihood Partnership Act

Missoulian: Senate kills bill to punish spectators of animal fighting
HB 378: Generally revise animal fighting laws

Missoulian: Obama says climate change is harming Americans' health
Remarks by the President After Roundtable on the Impacts of Climate Change on Public Health
Climate Impacts on Human Health
“Weather and climate play a significant role in people's health. Changes in climate affect the average weather conditions that we are accustomed to. Warmer average temperatures will likely lead to hotter days and more frequent and longer heat waves. This could increase the number of heat-related illnesses and deaths. Increases in the frequency or severity of extreme weather events such as storms could increase the risk of dangerous flooding, high winds, and other direct threats to people and property. Warmer temperatures could increase the concentrations of unhealthy air and water pollutants. Changes in temperature, precipitation patterns, and extreme events could enhance the spread of some diseases.”

Maya Angelou Stamp/ Supreme Court Protesters

Missoulian: Postal Service issuing stamp to honor late poet Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
“Author, poet, actress, and champion of civil rights Dr. Maya Angelou (1928-2014) was one of the most dynamic voices in all of 20th-century American literature. The book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, an autobiographical account of her childhood, gained wide acclaim for its vivid depiction of African-American life in the South.”

Missoulian: Protesters inside Supreme Court face harsher charges
Building Regulations
“No person shall engage in a demonstration within the Supreme Court building and grounds.  The term “demonstration” includes demonstrations, picketing, speechmaking, marching, holding vigils or religious services and all other like forms of conduct that involve the communication or expression of views or grievances, engaged in by one or more persons, the conduct of which is reasonably likely to draw a crowd or onlookers.  The term does not include casual use by visitors or tourists that is not reasonably likely to attract a crowd or onlookers.”

40 USC 6137: Penalties
“In General.-An individual who violates this subchapter, or a regulation prescribed under section 6102 of this title, shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 60 days, or both.”

Voting Rights/ Oil Prices and Montana Revenue

Missoulian: Supreme Court rejects North Carolina appeal on election law
League of Women Voters of North Carolina v. Howard

Missoulian: Flagging oil prices will reduce Montana production tax revenue
Domestic Crude Oil First Purchase Prices by Area