Brian Schweitzer News

In Washington, D.C., the "traffic is bad," "most of the people you talk to are frauds" and Georgetown "sucks," at least according to former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer.

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Former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer has frozen Montana's Senate race with his refusal to rush a decision on a bid - and he seems to like it just fine that way.a a "Washington, D.C., is full of people that respond to pressure.

Some say Schweitzer already planning U.S. Senate run - HELENA - Former Gov. Brian Schweitzer is laying the groundwork to run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Max Baucus in Montana, and looks very much like a candidate, sources have told the Missoulian State Bureau.

Since adoption of Montana's 1972 constitution our governors have vetoed 293 bills in 21 legislative sessions.

In a previous article, I suggested that Stillwater Mining Company could be a possible candidate to bail out North American Palladium .

Received this e-mail today from Bold Progressives regarding the campaign to draft former Governor Brian Schweitzer to run for Senate: The Hill newspaper reports Brian "Schweitzer is Democrats' best hope at winning retiring Sen. Max Baucus's seat.

Sen. Jon Tester is more than a little confident that former Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer will seek to join him in the Senate.

News of non-approved genetically engineered wheat discovered growing in Oregon put regulators on high alert.

Lawmakers on Monday upheld Gov. Steve Bullock's final 19 vetoes of the legislative session, including one bill for infrastructure improvements in eastern Montana and another to make one-time payments to providers who care for the elderly and disabled.

The chief executive of Montana's largest publicly traded company has retired in the wake of a corporate shake-up led by former Gov. Brian Schweitzer.

Gov. Steve Bullock and state employee unions announced a deal Wednesday for across-the-board pay increases starting next month.

The state has opened a medical clinic in Billings for workers and their families covered by the state's employee health plan.

It's said that "those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it." Almost exactly 30 years ago the last Anaconda/Arco miner laid down his tools.

PERSPECTIVE By WILBUR WOOD - For The Outpost Montana Gov. Steve Bullock has vetoed almost as many bills this spring as former Gov.

Members of the Montana Board of Investments awarded raises to some of the panel's top personnel on Wednesday over the objections of its former chairman, who cited underperforming investments and rising costs in his unsuccessful bid to stop the proposal.

For those of you who live in Montana and want former Governor Brian Schweitzer to run for retiring Senator Max Baucus's Senate seat, here's a good opportunity for you to get involved with the Progressive Change Campaign Committee's campaign to draft Schweitzer for U.S. Senate: The Draft Brian Schweitzer for Senate campaign has set its first ... (more)

The governor's office said Tuesday that it wasn't told that Republican state Attorney General Tim Fox would make Montana one of the states opposed to federal greenhouse gas emission rules.

The owners of the former Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. paper mill site in Frenchtown say designating the area a Superfund site would hinder bringing back jobs.

The governor lauded the Montana Board of Regents for its move Friday to freeze college tuition for the next two years.