NEWS

GOP fuming as Senate pushes through tax plan
Montana Forum, MT - Apr 19, 2007
Senate Majority Leader Carol Williams, D-Missoula, said she knew Republicans were angry, but pointed out that the GOP-led House had bottled up the ...

Critics say Democrats’ state budget — $7.9 billion — is too big
The Havre Daily News, MT - Apr 16, 2007
Senate Majority Leader Carol Williams, D-Missoula, responded that Democrats are making up for years of GOP leadership that cut taxes for the wealthy and ...

Senate endorses only remaining constituency account bill
Helena Independent Record, MT - Apr 4, 2007
Carol Williams, D-Missoula, that passed the Senate was effectively killed by the House. Sen. Larry Jent, D-Bozeman, said the bill was necessary to ...

Leading plan to regulate secretive accounts hits roadblock
Great Falls Tribune, MT - Mar 21, 2007
It was carried by Senate Majority Leader Carol Williams of Missoula. A government watchdog group, Montana Common Cause, said the partisan vote was ...

Public Defender Office gets $4 million boost
Great Falls Tribune, MT - Mar 30, 2007
"This will let them get off to a good, solid start," said Senate Majority Leader Carol Williams, D-Missoula. The Senate Finance and Claims Committee is ...

Central budget bill endorsed in Senate
Helena Independent Record, MT - Apr 13, 2007
Senate Majority Leader Carol Williams, D-Missoula, responded that Democrats are making up for years of GOP leadership that cut taxes for the wealthy and ...

School aid package approved by Senate
Helena Independent Record, MT - Apr 4, 2007
“This is one of the number-one things we have to fund in this state education for our kids,’’ said Senate Majority Leader Carol Williams, D-Missoula. ...

Biggest budget bills hit Senate
Great Falls Tribune, MT - Apr 13, 2007
Senate Majority Leader Carol Williams, D-Missoula, noted that amendments to increase spending have come from both Democrats and Republicans. ...

Group requests disclosure of accounts
Billings Gazette, MT - Mar 31, 2007
... wrote Senate President Mike Cooney, D-Helena, and Senate Majority Leader Carol Williams, D-Missoula, regarding upcoming action on House Bill 462, ...

Bottom-Up Power
Yahoo! News - Apr 9, 2007
The day I arrive in Missoula, in March 2006, I meet a bright, blond athlete named Betsy Hands. As we drive around town, Hands tells me she is a former Peace ..

All-day kindergarten faces tough road in House
Helena Independent Record, MT - Mar 22, 2007
But Senate Majority Leader Carol Williams, D-Missoula, said the merits of the measure, which would provide $26 million in state money over the next two ...

Bipartisan Montana bill lets Supreme Court rule on referenda
Legal News Line, DC - Apr 10, 2007
Carol Williams (D-Missoula) on request from McGrath and Secretary of State Brad Johnson. The two worked hard to gain bipartisan support for the bill in the ...

This Week with Rep. Gordon Hendrick: Once more unto the breach
Clark Fork Chronicle, MT - Apr 4, 2007
Carol Williams about Senate Bill 452, the Working Forests, Ranches, and Watersheds Program. "When I first signed my name on this bill, it was a lot smaller ...

Senate panel boosts school budget
Great Falls Tribune, MT - Apr 4, 2007
Carol Williams, D-Missoula, said that catching mental-health problems early would save the state money down the road, but most importantly, ...

Short week, looming deadlines face legislators
Montana Forum, MT - Apr 2, 2007
Carol Williams, D-Missoula, to create an older Montanans trust fund to create new services or expand existing ones for the elderly. * LEGISLATOR HIRINGS. ...

School-funding bill gets preliminary approval
Great Falls Tribune, MT - Apr 5, 2007
But Senate Majority Leader Carol Williams, D-Missoula, argued against Ryan's amendment, calling it "a terrible mistake" because it might cause some schools ...

House OKs redo of petition process
Billings Gazette, MT - Apr 4, 2007
Carol Williams, D-Missoula, at the request of Attorney General Mike McGrath, a Democrat, and Secretary of State Brad Johnson, a Republican. ...

Still no deal on social services
Helena Independent Record, MT - Mar 23, 2007
... "so people in Montana will be proud again with what the Legislature is doing with their budget," said Senate Majority Leader Carol Williams, D-Missoula. ...

Senate Dems: We'll clean up budget mess
Montana Forum, MT - Mar 23, 2007
Senate Majority Leader Carol Williams, D-Missoula, said the Senate Finance and Claims Committee "will restore public confidence in the budget" and make it ...

Senate to will start on budget
Great Falls Tribune, MT - Mar 22, 2007
... ”so people in Montana will be proud again with what the Legislature is doing with their budget,” said Senate Majority Leader Carol Williams, D-Missoula. ...

Legislature update
Billings Gazette, MT - Mar 3, 2007
Carol Williams, D-Missoula, to make it unlawful discrimination for employers and labor organizations not to give breast-feeding mothers break times and ...

Democrats split over first half of session
The Missoulian, MT - Mar 2, 2007
... Missoula's Democratic legislators are of two minds at the midpoint of the 2007 Legislature. Several of the delegation's senators, Carol Williams, ...
'Transparency' a favorite among hip, trendy legislative lingo Great Falls Tribune
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Lawmakers headed right way on leftover funds
Great Falls Tribune, MT - Mar 1, 2007
Carol Williams, D-Missoula, allows establishment and regulation of the accounts. That's SB91 that passed Saturday. The House bill that passed overwhelmingly ...

Senate votes against fund for land buys
Billings Gazette, MT - Feb 27, 2007
In related action, the Senate passed SB452 by Senate Majority Leader Carol Williams, D-Missoula, which creates a Montana working forests, ranches, ...

Senate approves monitoring constituency accounts
Helena Independent Record, MT - Feb 23, 2007
The body voted 34-14 to give preliminary approval to a measure by Senate Majority Leader Carol Williams, D-Missoula, that would regulate constituency ...

Senate OKs new initiative laws
Billings Gazette, MT - Feb 24, 2007
The body voted 43-5 to give preliminary approval to a bill sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Carol Williams, D-Missoula. The measure would ban the ...

Bill aims to help working moms breastfeed
Helena Independent Record, MT - Feb 27, 2007
Carol Williams, D-Missoula, would help make it easier for Kron and many other women to get the food they want in their babies’ mouths. ...

Legislative leaders call for reinstatement of Indian Education for ...
Great Falls Tribune, MT - Feb 6, 2007
Senate Majority Leader Carol Williams of Missoula called last week’s action “a giant, giant step backward.” The 10-member Indian caucus adopted a ...

Regulate constituency accounts
Helena Independent Record, MT - Feb 6, 2007
Senate Majority Leader Carol Williams, D-Missoula, the sponsor of one of the measures to regulate constituency accounts, said a ban goes too far, ...

Lawmakers at halfway point, budget unsolved
Billings Gazette, MT - Feb 28, 2007
... budget the way Montanan families do their own budget," by looking at the needs that must be met, said Senate Majority Leader Carol Williams, D-Missoula.

Constituency accounts under fire
Great Falls Tribune, MT - Feb 6, 2007
Two other ideas for the accounts are scheduled to come up later this week, one from Senate Majority Leader Carol Williams, D-Missoula, and another from Rep. ...

Death penalty bill before Legislature
Billings Gazette, MT - Feb 4, 2007
... will hear public comments on SB96, by Senate Majority Leader Carol Williams, D-Missoula, to revise state laws regulating ballot issues. ...

Indian ed backers protest panel's vote
Billings Gazette, MT - Feb 6, 2007
Carol Williams, D-Missoula, who spoke at the press conference. "This action from the House committee is a giant, giant step backward from where we started ...

Panel majority supports ending Montana death penalty
Great Falls Tribune, MT - Feb 16, 2007
Senate Majority Leader Carol Williams, D-Missoula, called last week's three-hour committee hearing "one of the more powerful hearings" she's heard on the ...

Committee OKs bill to end death penalty
Billings Gazette, MT - Feb 16, 2007
Carol Williams, D-Missoula, said. "As long as I feel there's the potential that somebody may be innocently convicted of something, I think the government ...

Initiative overhaul gets little reaction
Billings Gazette, MT - Feb 23, 2007
Carol Williams, D-Missoula, would prohibit paying signature-gatherers on a per-signature basis and would require the gatherers to be residents of Montana. ...

Timber in transition: Legislation aims to close tax loopholes
The Missoulian, MT - Feb 6, 2007
Carol Williams, D-Missoula, plans to introduce a bill in the next few weeks to create a “Montana Working Forests, Ranches, Farms and Watershed Program.” ...

Bill supporters say its time to reform initative process
The Havre Daily News, MT - Feb 8, 2007
Carol Williams, D-Missoula, is carrying the measure and told the Senate State Administration Committee that the bill makes three key changes. ...

Lawmakers Seek to Clean Up ‘Slush Funds’
New West, MT - Feb 5, 2007
Carol Williams, D-Missoula, HB 562 by Rep. Wanda Grinde, D-Billings, and HB 462 by Rep. Diane Sands, D-Missoula.

Daily legislative diary
Helena Independent Record, MT - Feb 7, 2007
_ Senate Majority Leader Carol Williams, D-Missoula, introduced a bill that would require petition signature gatherers to be Montana residents and forbid ...

Ready for their license
Missoula Independent, MT - Feb 15, 2007
Carol Williams of Missoula thought McKenna’s concerns were unjustified. “I think this bill goes a long way to making it so that it’s more transparent, ...

Horse Sense: For GOP, divvying bill means equality
Billings Gazette, MT - Feb 10, 2007
"They (House Republicans) have HB2 right now," said Senate Majority Leader Carol Williams, D-Missoula. "They have total control. Their folks are chairing ...

Horse Sense
Helena Independent Record, MT - Feb 10, 2007
“They (House Republicans) have HB2 right now,” said Senate Majority Leader Carol Williams, D-Missoula. “They have total control. Their folks are chairing ...

GOP tight-lipped about plans for budget bill - or bills
Billings Gazette, MT - Feb 7, 2007
In the Senate, Democratic Majority Leader Carol Williams of Missoula also questioned Republican Minority Leader Corey Stapleton about the Republicans' plans ...

Lawmakers criticize Indian education cuts
Great Falls Tribune, MT - Feb 7, 2007
Senate Majority Leader Carol Williams, D-Missoula, called the subcommittee's action "a giant, giant step backward from where we started in 2005. ...

Guest Opinion: Revenue surplus splits lawmakers along party lines
Billings Gazette, MT - Feb 11, 2007
Carol Williams and Republican Rep. Alan Olson. Legislation to prepare Montana for the effect on our public services and employment opportunities from the ...

Leading the way to new heights: Missoula Sen. Carol Williams makes history with political appointment
The Missoulian, MT - Jan 20, 2007
A lifelong Democrat who belongs to both Butte and Missoula is the state's first female Senate majority leader. ...

Educators show support for all-day kindergarten
Great Falls Tribune, MT Jan 11, 2006
HELENA — The Capitol buzzed with talk of full-day kindergarten Wednesday, with droves of educators and administrators turning out in support of the idea. ...

New Montana Senate leader sees Pelosi as kindred spirit

Billings Gazette, MT - Jan 5, 2007
Carol Williams of Missoula, the first female majority leader at the Montana Legislature. Williams got to know Pelosi during Williams' years in Washington, ...

New Senate majority leader relates to Pelosi
The Missoulian, MT - Jan 5, 2007
Carol Williams of Missoula, the first woman majority leader at the Montana Legislature. Williams got to know Pelosi during Williams' years in Washington, ...

Party-line vote belies talk of bipartisanship
Montana Forum, MT - Jan 4, 2007
In the Democrat-controlled Senate on Wednesday, Majority Leader Carol Williams, D-Missoula, the first woman to hold that post in the Montana Legislature, ...

Debate over all-day kindergarten expected in legislative session

Great Falls Tribune, MT - Dec 30, 2006
HELENA — All-day kindergarten gets high marks from Kacey Molloy, a teacher at Whittier Elementary School in Great Falls' lower North Side. ...

Legislator Urges Congress To Not Privatize Social Security
Press Release, 2/3/05

Bill would make attempted strangulation a felony crime
Helena Independent Record 2/1/05

Handicapping domestic violence
Missoula Independent 2/10/2005

Capitol Notebook Edition
Missoula Independent 2/17/05

Senate undoes Republican environmental bill from '01
Helena Independent Record 2/22/05

Conditional permits approved
Billings Gazette 2/22/05

Amendment passed on school bill
Montana Kaimin 4/23/05





 


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