AM 1450 KMMS - Bozeman's News Talk Leader » law http://kmmsam.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:05:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 New Montana Law Requires Drivers to Stop 30 Feet Behind School Buses With Flashing Lights http://kmmsam.com/new-montana-law-requires-drivers-to-stop-30-feet-behind-school-buses-with-flashing-lights/ http://kmmsam.com/new-montana-law-requires-drivers-to-stop-30-feet-behind-school-buses-with-flashing-lights/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:13:00 +0000 Jon King http://newstalkkgvo.com/?p=138879 Today, Feb. 28, House Bill 155 was signed into law by Governor Steve Bullock. The bill updates laws concerning school buses.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/new-montana-law-requires-drivers-to-stop-30-feet-behind-school-buses-with-flashing-lights/feed/ 0 Photo courtesy of A river runs through/Flickr Federal Judge Blocks Law Requiring Graphic Photos on Cigarette Packs http://kmmsam.com/judge-blocks-graphic-photos-cigarette/ http://kmmsam.com/judge-blocks-graphic-photos-cigarette/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:28:43 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=59145 In a 29-page decision on Monday, US District Judge Richard J. Leon blocked the implementation of a law on graphic cigarette photos. It would’ve required tobacco companies to include explicit photos detailing the dangers of smoking on cigarette packages.

The 36 images proposed by the Food and Drug Administration include a picture of diseased lungs next to healthy lungs, a man exhaling smoke through a hole in his throat, and a male cadaver with chest staples down his torso.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/judge-blocks-graphic-photos-cigarette/feed/ 0 FDA Marijuana Raids In Montana, Who's In Trouble? http://kmmsam.com/marijuana-raids-in-montana-whos-in-trouble/ http://kmmsam.com/marijuana-raids-in-montana-whos-in-trouble/#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:19:02 +0000 1450 KMMS AM http://kmmsam.com/?p=4120 Yesterday 26 medical marijuana distributors were raided and had much of their inventory confiscated. The search warrants were given under probable cause of illegal and large-scale trafficking of marijuana. It seems as though the federal and state laws are coming into a conflict here in Montana but will it cause anything more than a bump in the road for the distributors.

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]]> http://kmmsam.com/marijuana-raids-in-montana-whos-in-trouble/feed/ 0 Uriel Sinai/Getty Images Anti-Gay Marriage Law No Longer To Be Enforced Says Obama Administration http://kmmsam.com/anti-gay-marriage-law-no-longer-to-be-enforced-says-obama-administration/ http://kmmsam.com/anti-gay-marriage-law-no-longer-to-be-enforced-says-obama-administration/#comments Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:58:53 +0000 1450 KMMS AM http://kmmsam.com/?p=3650 Obama's continuing his battle for civil rights for all Americans. Only about a month after revoking the "don't ask don't tell" military policy, his administration is now calling for an end to the federal law that bans recognition of same-sex marriages.

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