Archives for: May 2009
May 30, 2009What took GM and Chrysler so long?
WASHINGTON It’s no secret General Motors has been in trouble for a long time. The nation’s largest automaker has been teetering on the edge of collapse for months, losing billions of dollars, laying off thousands of workers and shutteri...
Posted in: The Helena IR on 05/30/09
Ford ready to meet tougher fuel standards, says executive
JOHN FLESHER - Associated Press - 05/30/09 MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. Economic prosperity during the next century will require preserving a strong manufacturing base while using technology that protects the environment, Ford Motor Co. Chairman Bill Fo...
Posted in: The Helena IR on 05/30/09
Group in Montana fighting health care reform
HELENA - With the help of some local Republicans, a national group is trying to rally Montanans - and others - against health care reforms backed by President Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress. Patients United Now, a group recently formed by a n...
Posted in: The Billings Gazette on 05/30/09
May 29, 2009
Lawmakers choose 16 topics to study
Associated Press HELENA - Lawmakers have tapped 16 topics - out of a possible 18 - to study in advance of the next legislative session. The studies deal with a range of subjects from historic preservation to the state's student lo...
Posted in: The Missoulian on 05/29/09
Forest-road ban back in force
WASHINGTON The Obama administration is ordering a one-year moratorium on road-building and other development on about 50 million acres of remote national forests. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack issued a directive Thursday reinstating for one yea...
Posted in: The Helena IR on 05/29/09



