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Property Rights in Montana
A Citizens' Forum
Join MPI and PERC as we gather together 15 state and national experts. They'll be talking to you and with you about threats to your property rights and opportunities to protect them while respecting our Montana traditions and way of life.
We'll be gathering in Bozeman on February 18th.
Agenda, Speaker Lineup and Registration Info Here
MPI Adds Second Reporter
HELENA - The Montana Policy Institute has added a second full-time reporter to its journalism department.
In January, MPI opened a Helena bureau and staffed it with veteran print journalist Phil Drake. Investigative Reporter Michael Noyes continues to work out of MPI's main offices in Bozeman.
Stories from both reporters will continue to be distributed free of charge for use by Montana media outlets. In 2009 MPI joined the Montana Newspaper Association as an associate member.
Drake's reporting will focus specifically on budget and legislative issues at the state level.
The hiring follows a trend in increased funding of journalism by nonprofit organizations. The Associated Press started a pilot project last July to distribute investigative journalism from nonprofit organizations to 1,500 newspapers, according to the summer 2009 issue of The IRE (Investigative Reporters and Editors) Journal.
MPI President Carl Graham said with the resources devoted to reporting on the decline in recent years it is important for groups concerned with government transparency and accountability to step forward.
"We may be the first to do this in Montana, but we certainly hope this is just the beginning," Graham said. "Organizations from every political spectrum should see the benefit of supporting quality journalism."
Graham said work is under way to set up an independent news website. Ultimately, he said the goal is to make the online journalism effort self-sustaining and independent.
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MPI's Helena Bureau Office is located at 900 N. Montana Ave., #B6. Reporter Phil Drake can be reached at 406-442-4561 or at drakep@montanapolicy.org
Global Warming Resources Page.
We're compiling the best articles, opinions, research (including our own) on the science, policy, and politics of global warming. Call it the home page for skeptics.
Here's a sampling, but there's lots, lots more; and we'll continue to provide updates.
2/6/10: An interesting Financial Times snapshot of the internal politics of current cap and trade legislation. Bottom line, follow the money.
2/3/10: A USA Today article on how states (except MT and ND) are cutting back on EPA compliance costs.
2/3/10: An excellent piece by Walter Williams on how the "consensus" is falling apart in the face of shoddy scientific methods.
Visit our Free Market Health Care Reform resources page often for updated information. Then send a fax, make a phone call, send an email. Tell them you don't want to turn your health care decisions (and your wallet) over to government bureaucrats.
“We Estimate That Between 9 Million And 10 Million Other People Who Would Be Covered By An Employment-Based Plan Under Current Law Would Not Have An Offer Of Such Coverage Under The Proposal.”
(CBO, “Additional Information About Employment-Based Coverage,” 12/7/09)
2/6/10: From the Wall Street Journal: How the Senate bill would inflict a 41% marginal tax rate on low and middle income families.
2/6/10: Kim Strassel of the Wall Street Journal: How the government/corporate marriage (gee, isn't there a word for that?) didn't work in "Pfizer's Bad Political Bet."
2/2/10: Canadian Premier to Have Heart Surgery in U.S. 'Nuff said.
2/2/10: According to a New York Times article: New Budget Assumes Passing Health Care Reform.
The watchdog group FreedomWorks also has a pretty good war room with resources and information on how to influence the debate. They also have a description of the Senate voting process.
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