Politics & Policy
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Uncommon Westerners
Montana loses an environmental leader
Montana State Rep. Ben Cohen, environmentalist, garbageman, actor and outdoorsman, is mourned in Whitefish, Mont.
by George Ochenski, Feb 28, 2000 -
News
How green is your politico?
In Washington state, TV commercials use Bill Nye, "The Science Guy," to inform voters about how candidates up for re-election have voted on green issues.
by Rebecca Clarren, Feb 14, 2000 -
News
Battling over the bottom line
Environmentalists win more than they lose as the battle over the budget finally reaches a truce in Congress.
by Michelle Nijhuis, Dec 06, 1999 -
News
In this election, the West is lost
Western issues and environmental issues in general don't seem to be visible on the political screen in Washington, D.C., even as the presidential race heats up.
by Jon Margolis, Dec 06, 1999 -
News
In Washington, the emperor is on Babbitt's side
In Washington, D.C., Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt battles Western Republicans over the use of the 1906 Antiquities Act to preserve Western land for the public.
by Jon Margolis, Nov 22, 1999 -
Feature
A new road for the public lands
President Clinton and Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt have a new strategy for protecting and managing the public lands, encouraging citizens and politicans to implement national conservation values in a regional and local way.
by Ed Marston, Nov 08, 1999 -
News
Never underestimate a working majority
The working majority in Congress enforces or ignores Rule 16 as it pleases - the rule that prevents policy-making amendments being added to appropriations bills.
by Jon Margolis, Aug 16, 1999 -
News
The quiet Takings Project is trespassing on democracy
The Takings Project and its mastermind, law professor Richard Epstein, are trying to put a stop to any federal or state regulation of business and property, and despite their flawed reasoning, many conservative judges are under their influence.
by Jon Margolis, Aug 02, 1999 -
News
A political outsider wages a clever campaign
Montana farmer Brian Schweitzer launches a lively campaign for election to the United States Senate, running as a Democrat in a Republican stronghold.
by Steve Thompson, Jul 05, 1999 -
News
Congress searches for a "green conspiracy'
In a spirit of overreaction reminiscent of McCarthyism, Alaska Republican Don Young sets up a task force to investigate what he calls the "Warner Creek Timber Sale Eco-terrorism" - a protest on the Willamette Nat'l Forest in Oregon resulting in arrests.
by Jon Margolis, Apr 26, 1999 -
News
Take the green elephant off the endangered list
Republican environmentalists are making a comeback in Congress.
by Jon Margolis, Mar 29, 1999 -
News
Beware Alaskans bearing gifts
Conservative Alaska Rep. Don Young is sponsoring a bill to buy more land for the public domain, but environmentalists are not cheering.
by Jon Margolis, Mar 01, 1999 -
News
A statesman steps off the stage
Morris K. Udall, former Arizona congressman who recently died, is remembered as a dedicated statesman who understood compromise.
by Tony Davis, Jan 18, 1999 -
Book Reviews
The last living Democrat in Idaho lays it on the line
"Cecil Andrus: Politics Western Style," by Cecil Andrus and Joel Connelly, is a good read about a good political life.
by Mike Medberry, Dec 21, 1998 -
News
The West of the "90s is the South of the "60s
The Republican Revolution may be stalled in the rest of the country, but the Rocky Mountain West remains a stronghold for GOP hard-liners.
by Jon Margolis, Nov 23, 1998






