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Opinion

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Updated 2 years ago

Former governor sounds off on property tax debacle

How did the largest percentage of Republicans elected in Montana history grow government at the fastest rate in st…

Updated 3 days, 12 hours ago
A Breath of Fresh Air: E-Cigs Now Covered by Law

This means that vaping is no longer allowed in indoor public places—just like traditional smoking.

Updated 3 days, 12 hours ago
An existential threat to our democracy?

Sociopathy leads to an absence of guilt and capacity to inflict harm on others for pleasure or power...

Updated 3 days, 12 hours ago
Celebrating Old Glory in Yaak, America

But only one flag flies silently above all the others to remind us that there is one flag that binds us all and one flag that commands our allegiance.

Updated 3 days, 12 hours ago
Collaboration isn’t capitulation as hunters, anglers defend Montana’s roadless lands

After catastrophic fire seasons, some cross-boundary thinning is biologically defensible; some is not.

Updated 3 days, 12 hours ago
New Montana Supreme Court case a win for transparency

This ruling centers on a fundamental truth: rights that are too expensive to enforce aren’t rights at all.

Updated 1 week, 3 days ago
To win tech race against China, restore the power of the U.S. patent

By strengthening inventors' ability to stop the proven theft of their ideas...

Updated 1 week, 3 days ago
But for the actions of a few

Closing the bathroom makes the park less usable, less safe and less welcoming.

Updated 1 week, 3 days ago
"Let Us NOT Go Gently into the Night”

“No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates. Today, the threat is birthright citizenship. Tomorrow, a different administration may try to seize firearms from law-abiding citizens or prevent people o…

Updated 2 weeks, 3 days ago
In support of clean, renewable energy that creates jobs, reduces pollution

Choosing locally grown food, reducing waste and being mindful of how we...

Updated 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Flathead Lake level simple solutions for full pool

Fisheries will also benefit from more water being available later in the season.

Updated 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Montana's mental health crisis can't be ignored

Inadequate funding and sky-high employee turnover have left the hospital in disarray.

Updated 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Permanent tax cut

Another noticeable finding was that the wealthy owners of private corporations pocketed over half their company’s tax cuts.

Updated 2 weeks, 3 days ago
A letter from the publisher

Let's be clear: This isn't acceptable. This isn't normal. This isn't who we are.

Updated 3 weeks ago
Gutting the Forest Service will cause irreparable damage

I, and many Americans, welcome thoughtful strategic reform of federal agencies, but what we have seen occur over the last several months to the Forest Service is nothing like that.

Updated 3 weeks ago
How beautiful is it in reality?

The fact is: poorer, more rural states are greatly assisted by richer states.