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Opinion

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Updated 1 year, 9 months 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 11 months ago
Jenkins backed by Gianforte, Cuffe for new House seat

Jenkins is a candidate for newly created Montana House District 2, which stretches from Libby to Marion and Ashley Lake in Flathead County.

Updated 11 months ago
Conservation easement good for Northwest Montana

If we lose the land to subdivision and development, we’ll never get back the magic of Northwest Montana. The Phase 1 easement will protect nearly 33,000 acres from such a generational loss.

Updated 11 months ago
Trooper's sister alleges impropriety against county commissioner

At no point did Letcher contact our family or visit my brother during his 12 days in the ICU fighting for his life. Letcher never asked my brother if he thought the charges were appropriate.

Updated 11 months ago
Gunderson backs Millet for new House District 2 seat

The new District 2 is gaining new voters from the Thompson Chain of Lakes and the Flathead County Marion areas.

Updated 11 months ago
Show Ponies Must Own Their Votes!

Show ponies are legislators who espouse conservative values to their respective central committees and local electorate but vote for their own self-interests while they are in Helena.

Updated 11 months ago
Life-long Libby resident supports Jenkins for new House seat

Vote for Tom Jenkins for state representative District 2 on the Republican primary ballot.

Updated 11 months, 1 week ago
Biden electric vehicle mandates not practical for Montana

Fundamentally – Montanans, and the rest of the United States, will eventually be forced to purchase an electric vehicle (EV) for their family car – no matter how expensive it is.

Updated 11 months, 1 week ago
Republicans are betraying rural Montana

This is everything people hate about politics – politicians throwing away good legislation that makes a real impact in local communities.

Updated 11 months, 1 week ago
Congress must act on Montana’s housing crisis

Some of our neighbors and their kids are living on the streets.

Updated 11 months, 1 week ago
Tom Jenkins for House District 2

Tom Jenkins has paid his taxes on time forever and he is anxious to look into how those tax dollars are spent.

Updated 11 months, 1 week ago
Three special session calls in one week: Political grandstanding at its worst

That’s what repeated calls for a special session come down to – too many political show ponies.

Updated 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Montana courts are in great hands

The courts allow ordinary people to challenge abuses of power, to make sure that the Constitution isn’t just a forgotten piece of paper.

Updated 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Cut n Paste Journalism

A recent article in a local newspaper is a case in point.

Updated 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Montana reps address illegal immigration

Illegal migration has brought drugs, human trafficking, mules, cartels, terrorists on watch lists, and much more negative fallout.

Updated 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Tackling the rising cost of housing in Montana together

Across the state home prices are more than 70 percent higher today than they were just five years ago.