Public Input for FWP/ Family Court Fail

Missoulian: FWP gets public report card
'15 and Forward Listening Sessions
“Listening sessions are one way that FWP is collecting input. We are holding these sessions in communities across the state from July 20-August 13, 2015 and invite you to join us.”

Missoulian: DOJ report critical of St. Louis County family court
Justice Department Releases Findings of Constitutional Violations in Juvenile Delinquency Matters by St. Louis County Family Court

Glacier Fire/ Highway Bill & Taxes

Missoulian: Glacier Park wildfire likely human-caused, investigators say
Reynolds Creek Fire Believed to be Human Caused
“The National Park Service is seeking information that may assist with an investigation of the Reynolds Creek Fire in Glacier National Park.
Initial evidence suggests that the Reynolds Creek Fire was caused by human actions.”
Reynolds Creek Fire 7/30/15 AM Update

Missoulian: Senate committee renews tax loopholes
HR 3038: Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015

Medicare Turns 50/ Highway Bill

President Johnson Signing the Medicare Act. Image from the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library. Is that Mike Mansfield in the back?

Missoulian: Then & Now: Medicare and Medicaid turn 50
Medicare 50^th Anniversary Facebook Page
Medicare History
Remarks With President Truman at the Signing in Independence of the Medicare Bill. July 30, 1965
“Many men can make many proposals. Many men can draft many laws. But few have the piercing and humane eye which can see beyond the words to the people that they touch. Few can see past the speeches and the political battles to the doctor over there that is tending the infirm, and to the hospital that is receiving those in anguish, or feel in their heart painful wrath at the injustice which denies the miracle of healing to the old and to the poor. And fewer still have the courage to stake reputation, and position, and the effort of a lifetime upon such a cause when there are so few that share it.”

Missoulian: House, Senate move toward short-term highway bill
HR 3038: Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015

Flathead Forest Plan/ Spaceship Crash

Missoulian: 20,000 comments boil down to 4 main issues in Flathead Forest plan revision
Amendment Proposed Action
“Over 20,000 public comments were received during the 70-day comment period that ended May 15 on the proposed action for both the Flathead NF revised forest plan and the proposal to amend the Helena, Kootenai, Lewis and Clark, and Lolo National Forest plans to integrate the NCDE GBCS. The Forest Service is preparing a single environmental impact statement for both the Flathead NF revised forest plan and the amendments.”

Missoulian: Federal officials examine probable cause of spaceship crash
NTSB Investigates Virgin Galactic Test Flight Crash
“investigators said the resulting aerodynamic forces caused the brakes to actually be applied without any further action by the crew. Investigators said no safeguards were built into system to overcome the error of the co-pilot.”

Tongue River Railroad/ IBM Apartheid Case

Missoulian: Northern Cheyenne tribe to look at sites along railroad path
Deadline Extended, Comments Now Due August 24 on Draft EIS for Tongue River Railroad’s “build” proposal in Montana

Tongue River Railroad Environmental Impact Statement

Missoulian: US appeals court rejects apartheid cases against Ford, IBM
Balintulo v. Ford Motor Co.
“This appeal presents the question of whether plaintiffs, victims of South African apartheid, have plausibly alleged relevant conduct committed within the United States that is sufficient to rebut the Alien Tort Statute’s presumption against extraterritoriality.”