Click" to Make Us your Homepage     Montana Chamber Group Health Insurance Plan   News and Information for Business   The Challenge is coming! To a School near you! "Click to view the High School Business Challenge (HSBC) page"         Made in Montana   Leadership Montana  (Chamber Sponsored) Helena Montana Office Small Business High School Business Challenge Spring 2008 Chamber Membership 2007 Voting Review 2007 P-Base Survey 2008 Judicial Review September 2008 "EYE on Business"-Chamber Newsletter                                   Montana Chamber & Business Headlines:  -----Today's Montana Headlines---- Repair work on Hebgen Dam hits obstacle Montana Chamber releases "3-in-3" Sales Tax Survey Results Schweitzer dismisses cabinet talk Brown says he'll pursue energy projects In Montana, coal's future enters governor's race-A.P. Western lumber production drops to 11-year low....Montana worst Dark Energy:  The clean coal controversy-PBS Video Agencies simulate attack at Sweetgrass   Survey-Your input for a Healthy Montana Rosebud Battlefield-Coalbed methane development-YPR Audio Answer sought on Indian Country crime State Auditor candidates disagree on containment 5 businesses win 2008 Family Business Awards   Chamber Update-Members, Interim, Comp, Blog, Jobs Construction on Great Falls Hilton Garden Inn to be completed by October Montana billionaires make Forbes list Montana's Lehman Brothers connection Chamber Gov't Relations Director to moderate Wheeler Conference panel General says missile reduction helps extend mission Montana Representative John Ward interview-YPR Audio Agriculture Development Council awards Growth Through Ag projects Government seeks appeal of Indian trust case   September 2008 "EYE on Business"-Chamber Newsletter Make use of SBA, new regional chief urges 2007 nonresident expenditures by county Huntley Project school board says insurance sufficient to rebuild after fire Chamber Choices sponsors Workers Comp & Occupational Safety conference Seacast foundry set for completition in Butte Legislative branch debuts new website   20th Anniversary Governors' Cup Golf Tournament Results U.S. Chamber-Education in the spotlight Chamber co-sponsors Family Business Day-Billings, 9/26/08 Morning news roundup-Northern News Network-9/19/08 Meeting on oil and gas leases in Park and Sweet Grass counties controversial BBB weekly tips you can trust for week of 9/15/08 BBB-Auto-Deer collision?  Your insurance may cover more than you think Groups say rule guts label law Grizzly DNA Study results released Chamber Blog-Who's looking out for small businesses $26 million Red Lodge medical project breaks ground St. Vincent's Pediatric care unit in Billings opens-YPR Audio 9th Annual Harvesting Clean Energy conference, Billings, 1-25-28 Montana Chamber endorses candidates Havre plans industrial park project Red Lodge developer goes missing, hospitalized   OPINION From the economic sidelines, the solution is plain-Great Falls Tribune Gov's remarks and insult to the state-Montana Standard Oil and gas industry shirking its share of tax burden-Great Falls Tribune State's campaign finance improves-with a 'D'-Missoulian When politics and science collide-Kalispell Daily Interlake Vets in SHAD case deserve health care-Helena IR Prescription intervention needed-Missoulian Kids health initiative a must-Montana Standard   Upcoming Events  State Fund offers free September safety workshops "Big Sky or Big Sprawl" growth conference-Helena, 9/19/08  Montana Angel Network Initiative launches in Missoula, 9/25/08 Chamber co-sponsors Family Business Day-Billings, 9/26/08 Montana Main Street conference-Butte, 9/29-30 Burton K. Wheeler forum on the High Cost of Fuel-Billings, 10/1/08 Growing Montana's restoration workforce-Montana DNRC,10/2-Helena Compete Smart 2008 (MMEC)-Missoula, 10/2-3, 2008 Volunteer Challenge begins 10/6, Helena Small Business Expo-Great Falls, 10/16/08 Information security training-Helena, 10/21-24 Innovation and licensing workshop-Bozeman, 10/22/08 Real Estate and Development in the Northern Rockies 10/23-24 Montana Manufacturing Extension Center offers free business growth sessions Montana SBA Calendar of Events Entre Training Calendar Associated Employees of Montana Training Calendar   Important Montana Chamber News 2008 Summer Economic Outlook Presentations Under political pressure union pulls home care initiative-'Chamber opposed' Climate Change Conference Presentations Archive MT Chamber supports revamped medical fees to lower Work Comp Rates Chamber Op-Ed-The Dollars and Sense of Climate Change Legislation Realtors, builders, Montana Chamber challenge Flathead County regulations Montana Chamber Poll shows Montanans strongly support business Montana Chamber Governors' Cup 2007 Winners Montana Chamber hosts 2007 Mid-Year Montana Economic Outlook Seminar Montana Chamber Foundation supports "Path to Eden" project Montana Legislative Survey results Chamber applauds state tax ranking Montana Chamber and coalition help turn back Workers Comp decision Chamber Wire-Identity theft:  Protect yourself and your business   National News of Interest World markets soar on possible rescue package California home sales surge as prices plummet Russia warns of new Iron Curtain SEC bans short selling Biden links tax on wealthy to patriotism     McCain and Obama shift election talk to economy     The reserve freezes assets Recent National News Obama brings in millions at Beverly Hills fundraisers CIA-Bin Laden doesn't oversee day-to-day al Qaeda operations House adopts plan to ease offshore drilling ban New studies report wide disparity in health care plans Arctic ocean ice retreats less than last year U.S. stocks slump to lowest since 2005 Oil futures exend fall to below $93 Analysts see additional writedown at Merrill Lynch Odierno warns on 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