September 14, 2010
Doctors and hospitals upset with the way Montana’s proposed workers’ compensation overhaul would send less money their way believe they can persuade business and labor interests to change a carefully crafted compromise that has been three years in the making. …
September 6, 2010
A proposed workers’ compensation overhaul agreed to by business and labor is going to Montana’s full Legislature, despite stiff opposition from trial lawyers and doctors. A legislative committee tasked with fixing an expensive system unanimously approved the plan, sending it …
August 25, 2010
Indiana-based K&K Insurance has added a regional sales force to develop new agent relationships while supporting existing K&K relationships with more than 6,000 agents and brokers across the United States. The new sales representatives include: James Algeo serves the Northeast …
August 23, 2010
A proposed workers’ compensation overhaul hammered out by business and labor is going to Montana’s full Legislature, despite stiff opposition from the equally powerful trial lawyers and doctors groups. A legislative committee tasked with fixing an expensive system unanimously approved …
August 16, 2010
25% Percent of the oil from the BP gusher in the Gulf of Mexico that had not been captured or evaporated by the end of July, according to Carol Browner, energy and climate change adviser to President Barack Obama. Government …
August 16, 2010
25% Percent of the oil from the BP gusher in the Gulf of Mexico that had not been captured or evaporated by the end of July, according to Carol Browner, energy and climate change adviser to President Barack Obama. Government …
August 5, 2010
A U.S. federal judge dismissed Tuesday Spain’s $1 billion lawsuit against an organization that declared seaworthy a tanker whose 2002 sinking created one of the world’s biggest oil spills. U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain ruled in favor of the …
August 4, 2010
Tornadoes in Montana this year have been more frequent and more powerful than at any point over the past decade, as evidenced by twisters that destroyed an arena in Billings and killed two people in the state’s northeastern corner. While …
July 28, 2010
A rare tornado tore through a farmhouse and killed two people inside, leaving nothing but the house’s foundation and a few twisted vehicles as it swept through Montana’s remote and sparsely populated northeastern corner. A teenage boy and a man …
July 7, 2010
The White Sulphur Springs, Mont., city council has passed an insurance requirement for the owners of certain breeds of dogs with reputations for aggressive behaviors. The ordinance requires owners of pit bulls, Doberman pinschers and Rottweilers to purchase $500,000 in …