Brian Schweitzer News

Montana governor floats free-flowing Clark Fork Eds: APNewsNow. Will be led. MILLTOWN, Mont.

Governor Brian Schweitzer handed out over $100,000 to Missoula schools today. The money comes as part of a 4 million dollar grant funded by the federal stimulus act.

HELENA - Gov. Brian Schweitzer's office said the governor's chief of staff is leaving to head the Montana Farm Service Agency and will be replaced by Vivian Hammill, 54, lead counsel to the state Department of Labor.

Company Leaders Briefed Montana Governor and State Officials about Progress in Developing Sustainable Camelina Industry in North America BOZEMAN, Mont., June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Sustainable Oils continues to build markets and momentum for the commercial camelina business in Montana, the Pacific Northwest, and southern Canada.

COLUMBIA, S.C. a ' Texas Gov. Rick Perry was raising money at campaign headquarters when an Associated Press reporter called his press staff to ask what he was doing.

Eds: APNewsNow With BC-USWhere's Your Governor-Glance AP Photo By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. Most governors are eager to prove they were on the job after revelations that South Carolina Gov.

The Montana Chamber of Commerce has released it's voting review of the 2009 legislative session, giving mixed reviews to the State House and State Senate while handing down decidedly lower marks for Governor Brian Schweitzer.

Gov. Brian Schweitzer made an East Coast swing last week to stump for a pair of gubernatorial candidates, including failed Democratic primary hopeful Terry McAuliffe in Virginia.

A University of Montana decision to create a new administrative position drew the ire Friday of the governor and a regent - both arguing that such a move sends the wrong signals after the school just sought a tuition hike.

Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer has called UM officials "tone deaf" for seeking to create the new post of Associate Vice President of Student Affairs, just after the school successfully argued it needed a tuition hike to maintain quality in the classrooms.

HELENA - The Montana political practices office has postponed a hearing on ethics charges against Brad Molnar, a member of the state board that regulates utilities.

Governor Brian Schweitzer joins governors from across the region to focus on pressing issues in the west.

Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert attempted Tuesday to reassure his future colleagues at the Western Governors' Association that they share common environmental goals even though he's not convinced climate change is real.

Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert questioned the reality of climate change at the end of a Western Governors' Association panel discussion Monday on combating global warming.

June is way too early for Gov. Jon Corzine's campaign to, as they say, jump the shark but it is showing signs of desperation and poor judgment that even highly placed Democrats are concerned about.

Don't expect to see much of Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. at the Western Governors' Association meeting that begins Sunday in Park City, even though he's hosting the event as the outgoing chairman.

Gov. Brian Schweitzer, head of the Democratic Governors Association, visited two eastern states last week to endorse a pair of Democratic governors facing tough elections this year.

Perhaps, strange as it might seem, he actually thought Huntsman would make a good ambassador to China.

After a quarter century of legal battles and last minute reprieves the appeals of a Canadian fighting the death penalty in Montana are starting to dry up.

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