Supreme Court backs Montana coal tax in 6 3 ruling
Western coal firms say they will stay in business as the Supreme Court sustains Montana’s 30 percent severance tax on coal. The decision upholds the tax based on selling price, signaling potential effects on national coal prices and prompting calls for federal limits on state charges.
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Helena
Mont
U.S. Supreme Court
Montana
Mike Greely
High Court
Wyoming
North Dakota
Congress
U.S
Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Montana Supreme Court
Joe Presley
Westmoreland Resources
Ing
Peabody Coal Co
Western Energy Co
Peabody
Rocky Mountain Division
Joseph Lake
Denver
Ted Schwinden
Potter Stewart
Jicarilla
New Mexico
Bert Lance
Georgia
Myth and fact in the signing of the Declaration of Independence
The article revisits the signing timing and signers of the Declaration, noting August 2 as the formal date and detailing who signed when. It recounts Washington’s non signing, Jefferson’s draft, Adams and Franklin on the drafting committee, and the 1776 celebrations, printing, and later revelations about the document’s purpose and the era’s figures.
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Hancock
Mathew Thornton
New Hampshire
Congress
Connecticut
Delaware
Thomas McKean
Samuel Adams
Washington
Trenton
Princeton
George Washington
Sir William Howe
Staten Island
Alexander Hamilton
Kings College
New York
Patrick Henry
Virginia
Paul Revere
Boston Harbor
Thomas Paine
Massachusetts
Bers
Francis Hopkinson
New Jersey
Betsy Ross
United States
England
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Jefferson
Adams
Philadelphia
State House
Independence Hall
George III
Pennsylvania Gazette
Hamilton
Thomson
George Sharpless
National Archives
D.C
Gas prices fall ahead of July Fourth holiday
Amid a price war, major refiners slash wholesale gasoline costs up to 3 cents a gallon as demand dips nationwide. West Coast prices rise slightly while Exxon, Chevron, and others trim rates. Saudi production cuts help push crude prices down globally. Mexico raises oil price. Libyan purchases shrink.
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Associated Press
Dan Lundberg
West Coast
Midwest
Chevron USA
Shell Oil Co
Cities Service Co
Mobil Corp
Rocky Mountains
Arizona
Exxon Corp
California
Lundberg
Saudi Arabia
Conoco Inc
Libya
Exxon
British Petroleum
Cie. Francaise Des Petroles
France
Mexico
Court backs Carter Iran deal approves swift asset transfer
The Supreme Court unanimously upholds the hostage accord linking Iran assets to a tribunal in The Hague and a U S claims process. By July 19 two point three billion dollars will move to Iran and the tribunal. some claims may still go to the U S Court of Claims.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Iran
U.S
Carter
William H. Rehnquist
Rehnquist
Congress
International Tribunal
U.S. Court of Claims
Hague
Los Angeles
United States
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