Get your own hashtag!
Well, since everybody at the Montana Legislature discovered Twitter a couple weeks ago (even Republicans), the #mtleg hashtag has become rife with partisan tweets. So,… Read More »Get your own hashtag!
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Twitter hitting it big at the 2011 Montana Legislature
Reporter Cody Bloomsburg, covering the 2011 Montana Legislature for the UM School of Journalism’s Community News Service, put out a great feature this week on the growing use of Twitter among legislators and activists in Helena.
Hacking the Legislature
Reporter John S. Adams took world-renowned computer security expert Brad Smith into the capitol in Helena and demonstrated — using a covert Bluetooth antenna and a cheap netbook — that many Bluetooth-enabled devices at the legislature are not secure.
Montana counties join federal fingerprint-sharing system to identify illegal immigrants
Lewis and Clark and Missoula counties are the first in Montana to become part of a fingerprint-sharing system that aims to identify illegal and legal aliens while they are in police custody.