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By: Geoff Simon | Executive Director Western Dakota Energy Association Thanks to the foresight of North Dakota voters who established an oil tax trust fund, the state now has hundreds of millions of dollars of interest income available to meet the needs of the state’s citizens. Establishing the fund was the easy part. The tough part is coming up with an agreement among policy makers about how, or even if, the money should be spent. A ballot issue approved by voters in 2010 established the Legacy Fund to capture a portion of the state’s oil tax...
6U.S. SENATE – After years of negotiations, U.S. Senator Steve Daines today announced that he has reached an agreement with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) on a new framework for a permanent water settlement. Daines will introduce the Montana Water Rights Protection Act which permanently eliminates 97% of all CSKT’s water rights claims across Montana, saves taxpayers over $400 million and protects the water rights of all Montanans. “After years of negotiations and hard work, I’m pleased to announce we have reached a new a...
(BILLINGS, Mont.) – Building on the Trump Administration’s ongoing efforts to reduce the threat of wildfires through active management, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Montana/Dakotas State Office today issued a new policy to limit fire risk from power lines crossing BLM-managed public lands. The policy provides guidance for effective vegetation management within and adjacent to electric transmission and distribution line rights-of-way, also known as ROWs. “This policy will reduce the risk of wildfire associated with vegetation condi...
Give yourself a gift for Christmas! A gift that lasts a lifetime. A gift that is highly valued and yet it doesn’t cost a dime to get started. A gift that keeps on giving. I’m talking about the gift that adults can give themselves when they return to education. If you have applied for a job and were told you didn’t qualify because you did not finish school, here is the solution. If your child asks when you graduated, and you can’t tell them, here is the solution. If your grandchild asks about you...
The funds are distributed to needy families in the Mid-Rivers and Action for Eastern Montana service areas. This year's $5,000 donation from Mid-Rivers will be distributed to disadvantaged families as a gift certificate so that they may shop their local grocery stores to purchase the ingredients needed for a Holiday meal. Mid-Rivers made the decision several years ago to forego sending Holiday greeting cards and use the money instead to assist families in need. "Mid-Rivers believes in our role...
