Hill, Bullock debate focuses on development

In their first eastern Montana debate Tuesday, gubernatorial candidates Rick Hill and Steve Bullock fielded questions on natural resource development while hammering home their favorite campaign themes.

Hill, a former congressman and the Republican candidate, said improving the business climate is the key in getting more and better paying jobs. He told the audience at Montana State University Billings that he would put to voters a proposal to cap money going into the coal trust and use it instead to pay for infrastructure development in areas affected by the oil and gas boom.

He also repeated...