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Congresswoman DeGette: Farm Dust bill underscores Tea Party ‘madness’ in House

By | 12.14.11 | 6:45 pm

As the House prepared to pass the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act last week, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette must’ve imagined herself wearing a pale blue knee-length dress with a white pinafore top.

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Exxon oil spill in Montana’s Yellowstone River puts spotlight back on pipeline safety

By | 07.05.11 | 3:40 pm

ExxonMobil workers on Tuesday were scrambling to add staff and finds ways to work in swift-moving flood waters to soak up more than 40,000 gallons of oil the company spilled into Montana’s pristine Yellowstone River Friday night.

Montana House votes to repeal medical marijuana law

By | 02.11.11 | 10:25 am

The Montana House of Representatives voted 63-37 yesterday to overturn that state’s medical marijuana law. The State Senate is expected to follow suit soon. Both houses are controlled by Republicans.

Colorado political group Western Tradition linked to nasty Montana race

By | 07.20.10 | 10:30 am

Debra Bonogofsky, a moderate Republican small businesswoman from Billings, Mont., thought she was a “normal person” until she ran for the Montana State Legislature in June. Then she found out through 11th-hour attack ads, fliers and mailings that she was an anti-gun, pro-abortion, union-backing Barack Obama supporter.

As Colorado drilling rebounds, Montana judge rules in favor of climate change

By | 03.22.10 | 10:10 am

Just as Colorado’s oil and gas industry is starting to show signs of life – emerging from depressed natural gas prices and, it appears, in spite of those “job-killing” new environmental regulations that just may set a higher…

Western Tradition attacks 98-year-old corporate campaign spending ban

By | 03.09.10 | 9:07 am

The conservative Astroturf group that spent thousands to swing the Longmont City Council back to the right last November and keep the Garfield County commissioner board in the oil and gas camp in 2008 has filed a lawsuit…

Political group that attacked Dems in GarCo goes after Longmont candidate

By | 10.09.09 | 9:41 am

An Astroturf group with ties to Colorado Republican political operative Scott Shires has apparently shifted its focus from oil and gas issues on the Western Slope to defending the religious right in a Longmont City Council race.

The Montana-based 501c4,…

‘Personhood’ amendment likely to fizzle in Montana statehouse

By | 03.06.09 | 1:27 pm

Conservative activists are celebrating the latest antiabortion bill to wind its way through a state legislature — this time in Montana — that seeks to challenge the landmark 1973 Roe vs Wade decision legalizing abortion.

Except before they party hearty, a quick check of state law reveals the likelihood of a constitutional “personhood” amendment to give fertilized eggs civil rights is as flat as stale champagne.

Wadhams: Off The Mat And Into The Game

By | 07.20.07 | 5:15 pm

Mitt Romney was the big draw this week at the Lincoln Day Dinner in Colorado Springs, but after the presidential candidate was long gone, other speakers stepped right up.

The speech billed as “Seven Minutes of Wisdom from…

Wadhams In Montana: Name-Dropping, And Not

By | 06.26.07 | 4:44 pm

Last Friday, June 22, Colorado Republican Party Chairman Dick Wadhams was the special guest speaker to about 350 GOP faithful who were gathered at the 2007 Montana GOP officer’s convention in Helena.

Wadhams didn’t paint the gloomy picture of…