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Thirty area residents protested Thursday against federal health care legislation the U.S. House of Representatives may consider Saturday.

Montana's lone Congressman Denny Rehberg met with the National Republican Senatorial Committee Thursday and is considering challenging U.S. Sen.

Two Montanans testified Thursday at a Veterans' Affairs hearing chaired by Senator Jon Tester to improve health care for American Indian veterans.

Jon Tester and Max Baucus are introducing legislation to overturn a decision last week, to deny federal recognition to Montana's Little Shell Tribe.

With some American Indian groups waiting decades for formal recognition from the U.S. government, federal officials Wednesday pledged to overhaul the cumbersome process but cautioned the changes could take two years to go into effect.

HELENA, Mont. - Some Montana political and agricultural leaders said Tuesday they hope the state's farmers will see lower grain shipping rates as a result of the purchase of Burlington Northern Santa Fe by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

In the Rockies today, conflicts between coal and water and water and natural gas; grizzly bears in Montana; and development are in the news.

Wall Street keeps saying it's sorry. It's sorry for those bad bets on subprime mortgages.

After years of paperwork and federal hoop jumping, the Little Shell Tribe officially failed to become federally recognized today by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Good morning; on the Beacon today, Flathead County's Board of Commissioners voted to pass the 2009-2010 county budget , touting it as an effort that realistically reflects the current recession.

BOZEMAN - Commissioners in Beaverhead and Madison counties were surprised this week when U.S. Sen.

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester told seniors on Wednesday that he may yet support a health care bill that lets people buy into a government insurance plan if they choose - but said he wants to first make sure it works.

Send this Headwaters page to a friend or colleague: Baucus signs onto Tester's Montana Forest Jobs bill At a meeting in Missoula on Monday on his Forest Jobs and Recreation Act, Montana Sen.

After a 31-year wait, the U.S. Department of Interior said Tuesday it will not recognize Montana's Little Shell Tribe, a group of landless Indians who have struggled to stay together through more than a century of poverty and dislocation.

WASHINGTON - Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., did not include a government-run public option in his final version of health care reform, but the Montana Democrat said he's fine with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's decision to do just that.

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Thirty years ago this month, an Amtrak route servicing Minnesota and southern North Dakota was shut down.

The Yellowstone County Democrats welcomed Illinois Senator Dick Durbin Saturday night at the group's annual fundraiser dinner.

President Obama is allowing Congress to fund veterans' medical care one year ahead of regular federal funding.

Jon Tester said Wednesday. Tester last year asked Amtrak to study the feasibility of restoring the "North Coast Hiawatha" passenger rail route, which last ran in 1979.