Thursday, March 10, 2016
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Polygamous Towns/ Pedestrian Deaths
Missoulian: Jury:
Polygamous towns discriminated against nonbelievers
Justice Department Wins Religious Discrimination Lawsuit Against Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah
“A federal jury in Phoenix returned a verdict today finding that the towns of Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah, and their joint water company systematically discriminated against individuals who are not members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS) in the provision of housing, utility and policing services in violation of the Fair Housing Act. Prior to the jury verdict, the parties reached an agreement that the defendants will pay $1.6 million to resolve the monetary claim under the Fair Housing Act.”
Justice Department Wins Religious Discrimination Lawsuit Against Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah
“A federal jury in Phoenix returned a verdict today finding that the towns of Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah, and their joint water company systematically discriminated against individuals who are not members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS) in the provision of housing, utility and policing services in violation of the Fair Housing Act. Prior to the jury verdict, the parties reached an agreement that the defendants will pay $1.6 million to resolve the monetary claim under the Fair Housing Act.”
Missoulian: Pedestrian
deaths surged in 2015, early data suggests
Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State: 2015 Preliminary Data
“An estimated 2,368 pedestrians were killed in the first half of 2015, an increase of 10% over the same time period the prior year. The preliminary 2015 data were provided by GHSA's member State Highway Safety Office members. All 50 states and the District of Columbia provided data.”
Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State: 2015 Preliminary Data
“An estimated 2,368 pedestrians were killed in the first half of 2015, an increase of 10% over the same time period the prior year. The preliminary 2015 data were provided by GHSA's member State Highway Safety Office members. All 50 states and the District of Columbia provided data.”
Monday, March 7, 2016
Craft Beer and Barley
Missoulian: Craft
beer boom spurs demand for close-to-home barley malt
Boutique Brews, Barley, and the Balance Sheet: Changes in malt barley industrial use require an updated forecasting approach
Boutique Brews, Barley, and the Balance Sheet: Changes in malt barley industrial use require an updated forecasting approach
Expanding
Craft Beer Production Boosts Industrial Use of Barley
“Expanding production and consumption of craft beer has created a need to update the methods used to estimate barley use for malting and brewing, which are collectively called “industrial” purposes. Previous approaches have relied on the historical relationship between malt and malt products (and therefore malt barley) use for lager-style beer production. However, the production of craft-style beer typically requires proportionally more malt per barrel than the same volume of the common American light-lager or “non-craft” beer.”
“Expanding production and consumption of craft beer has created a need to update the methods used to estimate barley use for malting and brewing, which are collectively called “industrial” purposes. Previous approaches have relied on the historical relationship between malt and malt products (and therefore malt barley) use for lager-style beer production. However, the production of craft-style beer typically requires proportionally more malt per barrel than the same volume of the common American light-lager or “non-craft” beer.”
Friday, March 4, 2016
Invasive Aquatic Species and Boat Inspection/ Yellowstone Grizzly Delisting/ Divide Travel Plan
Missoulian: FWP
wants authority to impound boats at risk of carrying invasive mussels
Fishing
“Preventing the transport and infestation of aquatic invasive species continues to be a priority for FWP.
Fishing
“Preventing the transport and infestation of aquatic invasive species continues to be a priority for FWP.
The proposed rule
changes clarify that decontamination at AIS inspection stations may include
appropriate drying time of a boat or vessel, which may mean locking the vessel
to the trailer or storing it in a secure place to prevent launching.”
Missoulian: Federal
government proposes lifting Yellowstone grizzly protections
March 3, 2016 - The Service is requesting public review and input on Proposed Revisions to the Demographic Recovery Criteria for the Grizzly Bear Population in the Greater Yellowstone Area Docket No. FWS–R6–ES–2016–0042. These proposed revisions and supporting documents are listed below:
March 3, 2016 - The Service is requesting public review and input on Proposed Revisions to the Demographic Recovery Criteria for the Grizzly Bear Population in the Greater Yellowstone Area Docket No. FWS–R6–ES–2016–0042. These proposed revisions and supporting documents are listed below:
- Proposed
Rule
- Press Release
- FAQs
- Supplement to 1993 Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan
- Draft 2016 Conservation Strategy for the Grizzly Bear in
the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
- Appendices
- Proposed Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Grizzly Delisting
Rule Literature Cited
- Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Map
Thursday, March 3, 2016
Supreme Court Abortion/ Maya Angelou Post Office/ Aubrey McClendon
Missoulian: Deeply
split Supreme Court wrestles with abortion case
Whole Woman's Health, et al. v. Hellerstedt, Comm'r, TX DHS, et al. (15-274)
Whole Woman's Health, et al. v. Hellerstedt, Comm'r, TX DHS, et al. (15-274)
[Maya Angelou,
award recipient, at the second annual Trumpet Awards Foundation gala, Atlanta,
Georgia, 1994]. [Atlanta, Ga, 1994] Image. Retrieved from the
Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2015649819. (Accessed March 03,
2016.)
Missoulian: Capitol
Hill Buzz: Angelou post office turns controversial
H.R.3735: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 Town Run Lane in Winston Salem, North Carolina, as the "Maya Angelou Memorial Post Office."
H.R.3735: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 Town Run Lane in Winston Salem, North Carolina, as the "Maya Angelou Memorial Post Office."
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Elk and Deer Hunting/ Clinton Email Release/ Supreme Court Death Row Case
Missoulian: Regulation
changes could impact hunters in Bitterroot
Deer & Elk Permits
“Want to hunt deer and elk in Montana? Resident and nonresident license and permit applications are due March 15.”
Deer & Elk Permits
“Want to hunt deer and elk in Montana? Resident and nonresident license and permit applications are due March 15.”
Missoulian: State
Dept finishes Clinton email release, more than 52k out
Secretary Clinton Emails
“All documents posted today are fully searchable. The documents posted will not have the subject line, to line, and from line on the search result page on the date of the actual posting. We will be adding this data in March 2016 and expect to be done by the end of that month.”
Secretary Clinton Emails
“All documents posted today are fully searchable. The documents posted will not have the subject line, to line, and from line on the search result page on the date of the actual posting. We will be adding this data in March 2016 and expect to be done by the end of that month.”
“Whether the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments are violated
where a state supreme court justice declines to recuse himself in a capital
case in which he had personally approved the decision to pursue capital
punishment against the defendant in his prior capacity as an elected prosecutor
and continued to head the prosecutors’ office that defended the death verdict
on appeal, and where he had publicly expressed strong support for capital
punishment during his judicial election campaign by referencing the number of
defendants he had “sent” to death row, including the defendant in the case now
before the court; and (2) whether the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments are
violated by the participation of a potentially biased jurist on a multimember
tribunal deciding a capital case, regardless of whether his vote is ultimately
decisive.”
Monday, February 29, 2016
Nuclear Update
Missoulian: Nuke
chief: Time is now to begin updating nukes
Work Finishes Trip Focusing on U.S. Nuclear Deterrent
“Nuclear deterrence is the basis for strategic stability among great powers, the deputy secretary said. It is the U.S. position to move toward a world free of nuclear weapons, he said. But until then “we’re going to make sure that our deterrent is safe, reliable, secure and effective, and that we will make sure that we maintain strategic stability with our … great power competitors,” he added.”
Work Finishes Trip Focusing on U.S. Nuclear Deterrent
“Nuclear deterrence is the basis for strategic stability among great powers, the deputy secretary said. It is the U.S. position to move toward a world free of nuclear weapons, he said. But until then “we’re going to make sure that our deterrent is safe, reliable, secure and effective, and that we will make sure that we maintain strategic stability with our … great power competitors,” he added.”
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