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Archive: February 16, 2015
HELENA, Mont. – Montanans loaded on to buses early this morning to attend a rally today at the State Capitol to show displeasure with legislative actions to try to transfer national public lands to state control. A petition will be presented to Gov. Steve Bullock with more than 3,000 signatu ...Read More
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – The doors are open for free tax preparation and filing in Idaho through the AARP Tax-Aide program. And with new Affordable Care Act rules to sort through, the experts are ready to help folks with documentation. Duane Brown in Coeur d'Alene has been helping peop ...Read More
DENVER - Consumer groups in Colorado are pressing lawmakers to reauthorize the state's Office of Consumer Counsel. The OCC represents customers when their utility companies want to raise rates. As a result of Colorado's Sunset Law, the agency is set to expire this year. Utility companies say the OC ...Read More
MADISON, Wis. - Clean energy, nanotechnology and "buy Wisconsin" proposals are among the 15 items Wisconsin Assembly Democrats have unveiled as part of what they are calling their economic-opportunity agenda for 2015. Assistant Democratic Leader Katrina Shankland of Stevens Point says the plan put ...Read More
INDIANAPOLIS – A new report indicates the Hoosier state is falling behind its neighbors when it comes to solar power. According to the Solar Foundation, Indiana lost 100 jobs in 2014, a year after gaining 1,000. Chris Rohaly, who owns a solar installation and design firm in Kokomo, says sol ...Read More
BIDDEFORD, Maine - Maine's nonprofits profit Maine. That's the takeaway from a biennial report on the status of the nonprofit sector in the Pine Tree State. According to the Maine Association of Nonprofits, the state's nonprofit organizations contribute an estimated $10 billion to the state's eco ...Read More
PHOENIX - It may only be February, but several drought-ravaged counties in Arizona and other Western states already are under a "primary natural disaster declaration." Val Dolcini, administrator for the Farm Service Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture, says the action opens up financial assista ...Read More
FRANKFORT, Ky. – On the same day Pennsylvania's governor placed a moratorium on the death penalty in the Keystone state, a Kentucky lawmaker filed a bill to make what she says would be moderate reforms to Kentucky's laws. State Sen. Robin Webb maintains there are so many problems with Kentuc ...Read More
