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August 18, 2023 7 a.m.

The goose hisses

Because of the biennial reappraisal of residential property most Montanans are faced with huge increases in the values of their homes and the Montana Department of Revenue has done its best to get our attention.

August 22, 2023 7 a.m.

Green can disposal site option

Closing these sites because of abuses and budget constraints is definitely not the answer.

August 29, 2023 7 a.m.

Freedom has a very definite cost

Americans should support sending more military aid to Ukraine.

September 8, 2023 7 a.m.

Gianforte should show fiscal restraint on property taxes

The state will collect almost $90 million more property tax revenue this fiscal year than it did last fiscal year — a 26% increase.

October 3, 2023 7 a.m.

U.S. Forest Service logging makes a mockery of Biden’s climate pledge

This is a battle we should not have to fight under a president who vowed to seriously deal with climate change.

October 17, 2023 7 a.m.

Prosperity smothered by money

It has become obvious that we have been deluged in a tidal wave of money that has turned our real estate market into a speculative casino.

October 20, 2023 7 a.m.

Is a new GOP tax underfoot?

The Montana Republicans claim that they support lower taxes and they do – selectively. They support lower taxes on millionaires and big corporations.

July 19, 2024 7 a.m.

Bits n' pieces from east, west and beyond

New data from Oxfam, reported in Axios, shows there are now fewer low-wage workers in the U.S. At this time 13% of workers earn less than $15 an hour, as compared to 31.9% two years ago.

November 22, 2024 7 a.m.

Voices in the Wilderness – Tim Kerrigan

The woods, I discovered at a very young age, were my happy place.

November 26, 2024 7 a.m.

Bits n’ pieces from east, west and beyond

Trump says the new Elon Musk-led Dept. of Government Efficiency will soon issue reports on “streamlining” the government...