Sen. Verdell Jackson is mistaken in arguing (in a recently published opinion piece) that the proposed CSKT water compact violates the US and Montana constitutions by taking water rights from individual irrigators served by the Flathead Indian Irrigation Project and transferring them to the Tribes.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
The following opinion piece is a rebuttal to a recent column written by Sen. Verdell Jackson, R-Kalispell, about the proposed Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes water compact.
The following opinion piece is a rebuttal to a recent column written by Sen. Verdell Jackson, R-Kalispell, about the proposed Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes water compact.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
The following opinion piece is a rebuttal to a recent column written by Sen. Verdell Jackson, R-Kalispell, about the proposed Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes water compact.
When I was appointed to the Montana Reserved Water Right Compact Commission (RWRCC) my charge was to help facilitate a negotiated agreement. That is still the goal.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO
The 62nd session has drawn to a close and it will still be a couple of weeks before we know completely what legislation has made it through and what hasn’t.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
Last week was a short one in Helena as we recessed on Wednesday. The budget was put into the Governor’s hands and he had until this past Saturday to veto, amendatory veto or accept it. The Speaker of the House, the Senate President and the Governor did come to some …
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
The end is starting to come into sight here in Helena as the budget will be back from conference committee and ready to pass on to the Governer this week. He will not like it as is. It will be balanced to the revenue projections and they are still going …
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
The state funding bill, HB 2, has been through the Senate and brought back to the House with a bunch of amendments. It has been moved to a conference committee. They will try to hammer out the differences in the two. One piece of the pie that is not been …
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
This has been a busy week here in Helena. Some really good news about workman’s comp. HB 334 is moving through the Senate now and the Governer has resolved his issues with the bill. A little bit of good news on the property appraisal process as HB 567 has moved …
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO
It was great to be home last weekend during our mid-session break. I saw lots of my constituents at the question and answer session in Polson last Monday. Great points were brought out about workman’s comp reform, tort reform on some law suits and defensive medicine reform.
LAKE COUNTY LEADER | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
