AltWeeklies Wire
Is the Future in Ethanol?new
Ethanol is part of Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer's "New Day," but the grain-based gas additive may raise more questions than it answers.
Missoula Independent |
Chris Bryant |
02-18-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Government Indictment Vindicates Asbestos Victimsnew
Four days after President George W. Bush derided "frivolous" asbestos lawsuits in an appearance in Great Falls, Mont., the U.S. government filed an asbestos claim of its own against mining company W.R. Grace.
Missoula Independent |
Mike Keefe-Feldman |
02-18-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Healthy Equalitynew
In November, Montana voters constitutionally banned gay marriage. Now the state Supreme Court has ruled that the same-sex partners of University of Montana employees are constitutionally due health benefits.
Missoula Independent |
Jessie McQuillan |
01-06-2005 |
LGBT
Run for the Border!new
Americans have always been resourceful people. We support our troops and trample perceived threats to our freedoms. We count our blessings, we discount gay marriage, we recount our votes -- and when all that counting doesn’t quite add up the way we’d hoped, well, we can always go to Canada.
Missoula Independent |
Independent staff |
12-16-2004 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Profit or Dienew
Greyhound has already slashed rural service in Montana; is Amtrak next?
Missoula Independent |
Mike Keefe-Feldman |
12-16-2004 |
Policy Issues
Double Cross?new
When 12 Missoula radiologists declined to sign a contract with Blue Cross Blue Shield, the state’s largest health care insurer called the doctors a monopoly and sued for antitrust violations. What are the Blues really after?
Missoula Independent |
Keila Szpaller |
12-09-2004 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Montana's Silent Voices of HIV/AIDS speak out.new
Five Missoula women living with AIDS, in their own words.
Missoula Independent |
Charles Finn |
12-09-2004 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Smelling a RATnew
Like a diseased rodent in a shipping container, a very nasty little RAT -- the acronym for the new Recreation Access Tax -- was slipped into the federal Omnibus Spending Bill as a rider last weekend and the consequences are not pretty, especially for those of us living in the West.
Missoula Independent |
George Ochenski |
12-02-2004 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Fighting Big Beefnew
Montana meat packer John Munsell files a potentially groundbreaking lawsuit against the USDA.
Missoula Independent |
Mike Keefe-Feldman |
11-04-2004 |
Animal Issues
Seeking Tax Transparencynew
A Montana legislator sues the state for the right to see corporate tax records. Why are they private in the first place?
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
10-29-2004 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Bison Range Reversalsnew
Critics of a groundbreaking agreement between the feds and the Confederated Salish Kootenai tribe to manage Montana's National Bison Range look north to Alaska, and find oil in the details.
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
10-29-2004 |
Environment
Conflicted Agendasnew
With an initiative banning gay marriage on Montana's November ballot, who's fighting the battle, and why?
Missoula Independent |
Julie Sparrow Carson |
10-14-2004 |
LGBT
Quitting Timenew
In American Indian tradition, tobacco is sacred. But its use has been twisted by commercial interests, some American Indians say. In Montana, they offered a conference on fighting tobacco abuse that helped an addicted reporter to quit.
Missoula Independent |
Mike Keefe-Feldman |
10-11-2004 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Fear of an Indian Toeholdnew
In western Montana, at the 96-year-old National Bison Range, negotiations for a management handover to local tribes will set precedent for public lands all across America.
Missoula Independent |
Brad Tyer |
09-16-2004 |
Animal Issues
Pot and Prosecutionnew
With a medical marijuana initiative on Montana's November ballot, Missoula's medical marijuana poster child Robin Prosser finds relief as the prosecution rests.
Missoula Independent |
Keila Szpaller |
09-09-2004 |
Science
