Brian Schweitzer

'We ... have a monopoly on bribery in this country'

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 05.03.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The state of Montana is ready to embrace its role as the primary opponent of the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United v. Federal ...

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Governor Defends His 'Polygamy Commune' Romney Reference

The Huffington Post | Mollie Reilly | Posted 04.24.2012

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Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer defended his remarks on Mitt Romney's Mormon heritage, saying his comment that Romney's father had grown up on a "polyga...

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WATCH: Romney Responds To Charge Family 'Came From Polygamy Commune In Mexico'

Posted 04.20.2012

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Mitt Romney responded on Friday to Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer’s (D) suggestion that he'd hit bumps in the road in appealing to the national elect...

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Democratic Governor Hurls 'Polygamy Commune' Charge At Romney Family

Posted 04.20.2012

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Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D) took a shot at Mitt Romney's Mormonism on Thursday, saying the Republican presidential candidate will have trouble a...

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Democratic Governors Warn Obama Campaign To Avoid Focusing On Social Issues

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.28.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Some of the nation's top Democratic governors are urging party leadership to avoid getting consumed by social issues, even as focusing o...

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Holding Trout Hostage For Bison

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 02.21.2012

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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Montana officials are holding up shipments of tens of thousands of trout eggs from a federal fish hatchery to other states, as...

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The Grown-Up in the Room: DPS Board Candidate Emily Sirota

Nancy Cronk | Posted 12.21.2011

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Above all the din of the warring factions, one rational, knowledgeable voice continues to bring voters back to the reason the school board exists: doing what's best for the children and families of Denver.

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Governors Reflect Partisan Divide In Contentious Debate

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 09.15.2011

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SALT LAKE CITY — Governors nationwide are nervously watching the debt-ceiling debate in Washington, fearing that a partisan impasse could rattle...

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Wake-Up Call From Yellowstone: Keystone XL Must Be Shelved

Frances Beinecke | Posted 09.12.2011

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Big Oil wants to build a pipeline to send the dirtiest crude oil on the planet from the Boreal forests of Canada right through the heart of America, crossing the Yellowstone, the Missouri, the Platte and other treasured rivers on its way to Texas refineries.

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Montana Governor Vetoes Repeal Of Medical Marijuana Law

AP | STEPHEN DOCKERY | Posted 06.13.2011

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HELENA, Mont. — Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer has vetoed a bill that would have repealed the state's voter-approved medical marijuana law. Schw...

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Democratic Gov: Montana GOP Bills Make State Party Look 'Bat-Crap Crazy'

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brian Schweitzer, Democratic Governor of Montana, took some shots at his state's Republican lawmakers Wednesday, telling Fox News in an interview that...

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Democratic Governor To Walker: 'You Are Cutting Your Own Throat'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In the nation's capital for their annual winter meeting, Democratic governors took advantage of the surrounding national press corps to ...

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Montana Gov. Threatens To Slaughter Wolves In Defiance Of Endangered Species Act

Yahoo! News | Laura Zuckerman | Posted 05.25.2011

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SALMON, Idaho (Reuters/Laura Zuckerman) - Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer declared on Wednesday he was ready to order state game officials to kill...

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Montana Governor Blocks Bison Slaughter

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 05.25.2011

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BILLINGS, Mont. — Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer blocked the impending slaughter of hundreds of Yellowstone National Park bison on Tuesday, in a ...

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Montana Governor Brian Seeking Federal Permission For Cheap-Drugs Plan

AP | MATT GOURAS | Posted 05.25.2011

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HELENA, Mont. — The governor of Montana asked Tuesday for federal permission to sell cheaper prescription drugs in his state through the federal...

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California Renewable Energy Push Could Blow Across West

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 05.25.2011

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BILLINGS, Mont. — Montana and other states in the West could wind up being the unintended beneficiaries of an aggressive push to decrease fossil...

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States of Pain

Nicole Lapin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Moving forward, the first quarter of the 2011 fiscal year will be a true test of how far the states have come in repairing their bruised economies. For some, it's not a question of hitting rock bottom, but how to climb out of the fiscal hole once they do.

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In the West, Climate and Energy Policy Is Water Policy

Dan Grossman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The extended droughts of the past may become the norm of the future. So what should we do about this bleak situation?

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Ted Turner Gets 88 Bison From Yellowstone

AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 05.25.2011

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BILLINGS, Mont. — Billionaire Ted Turner is getting 88 Yellowstone National Park bison from a faltering Montana program that was supposed to put...

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Obama Ally Schweitzer: I Like The Public Option But It's Likely Dead

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Montana Governor and Obama ally Brian Schweitzer acknowledged on Friday that while he supported a public option for health insurance coverage, the pro...

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Wind Power Finally Getting Its Due

T. Boone Pickens | Posted 05.25.2011

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Business is booming in the wind energy sector, and you know who is most keenly aware of that? America's governors.

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Montana Governor Ribs Palin For Skipping Governors' Meeting

ABC News | Teddy Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Montana Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer ribbed Alaska Republican Gov. Sarah Palin Friday for announcing at the last minute that she will not be atten...

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'10 Questions' With Montana's Populist Cowboy Governor Brian Schweitzer

Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.25.2011

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The day after Gov. Brian Schweitzer's (D-MT) very well-received speech at the Democratic Convention, Political Base's managing editor, Mark Nickolas, ...

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Surprise Convention Star Brian Schweitzer Interviewed

Salon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brian Schweitzer is the outspoken Montana governor who prefers jeans and Native American bolo ties to business apparel. He gave a spirited convention ...

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Convention Dispatch: Schweitzer Hits the National Stage

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

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The kind of rural populism and left-right coalition building that Schweitzer is pioneering may have gotten some national attention last night, but it's been a powerful political force for a few years now.

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