Montana Standard: Feds choose SkyWest
SkyWest Airlines was chosen Thursday to serve Butte’s Bert Mooney Airport under the federal Essential Air Service program…
“Keeping Butte businesses and families connected is important for jobs and businesses,” Tester said in a release. “Accessible, efficient air service means small businesses can expand and more visitors will enjoy Montana.”
read moreGreat Falls Tribune: Montana leaders weigh in on Pentagon’s defense plan
Montana’s congressional representatives expressed concerns Thursday about Pentagon plans to eliminate a new cargo plane slated for the Montana Air National Guard in Great Falls and to consider further domestic military base closing in 2013.
“My message to the Pentagon has been clear for two years,” Tester said. “Any decision regarding the future of MANG must maintain a manned flying mission, and it shouldn’t result in fewer jobs in Great Falls. MANG must continue to play a critical role in defending this country and retain the outstanding airmen who serve there today.”
read moreBillings Gazette: Tester racks up another $1.1 million in donations
U.S. Sen. Jon Tester is reporting that he raised another $1.1 million in the final three months of 2011 for his re-election campaign against Republican U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg.
Tester reported closing out 2011 with $3.8 million on hand in one of the nation’s most closely watched and heated 2012 Senate battles.
read moreFlathead Beacon: Montana’s Political Courage
In one of the first initiatives Montana voters passed, the 100-year-old Corrupt Practices Act prohibits direct corporate campaign contributions. Montana’s state and local elections are still transparent by mandated disclosure laws.
The U.S. Constitution never gave person-rights to corporations. The activist U.S. Supreme Court reopened those floodgates with Citizens United. Justice John Paul Stevens said in his dissent that the ruling “threatens to undermine the integrity of elected institutions across the nation. The path it has taken to reach its outcome will, I fear, do damage to this institution.”
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