Government News & Events

The new site, http://www.TweetMontana.org, was created by the The Montana Policy Institute in Bozeman, and aggregrates and displays the tweets from elected Montana officials.

From taxes to Twitter, Livingston-area leaders on Friday swapped ideas for running cities and building community with a 55-person delegation from Park City, Utah.

“This report demonstrates the State of Montana’s commitment to sincere and meaningful state-tribal relationships,” Governor Schweitzer said. “We look forward to continuing these historic efforts and strengthening the government-to-government relationship”.

"While the state financial picture is looking brighter, I am still insisting we show fiscal constraint. I am moving forward with most of the reduction measures recommended by the budget office in February," Schweitzer said.

"If unable to make a salary gain when we next meet the governor’s representatives at the pre-budget bargaining table, we will take our chances with the next legislature," wrote Feaver, who leads the MEA-MFT union. "Damn the considerable political risks."

“I’ve worked hard to run the state like a business and keep our finances sound. We do face difficult budget times ahead but I’m committed in not raising taxes and living within our means. We have money to pay our bills.” Gov. Brian Schweitzer

The three-day event is a forum for Western governors to confront the issues common to their region, chiefly the questions of how to accommodate growing populations that demand increasing amounts of water and energy, while maintaining the landscapes and wildlife that are the reasons so many Americans migrate to the West in the first place.

Western states will be on the front lines of climate response, and we are uniquely positioned
to lead on this issue. We are pleased to share this report with you, and we urge continued and
determined steps toward building state capacity to respond to climate change in the West.

"The future is cleaner."

"As a region, we have to become more aggressive and a lot smarter in how we manage this resource."