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Sen. Jon Tester today announced that he hopes to make revisions to his Forest Jobs and Recreation Act, legislation that has drawn widespread support, criticism and suggestions from Montanans—some of which Tester said he’d insert into the legislation.
The Senator, speaking at a small press conference in Missoula, said the proposed 21 changes—some involving simple word clarifications and others more meaty—were brought to his attention by a wide variety of individuals and organizations, from the Montana Wood Products Association and the University of Montana School of Forestry to environmental groups and the Montana AFL-CIO.
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Last week in Washington DC, the Senate Armed Services committee held hearings to consider rescinding the U.S. military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy regarding gay soldiers. At the same time, one Wyoming school district has decided to adopt an attitude most accurately described as “Let’s pretend gay people don’t even exist.”









