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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…
Montanans can pick our own candidates
We want fair and honest elections not selections.
Montana is now officially for Californians
The governor then sought a shady procedural loophole to veto the bill. This shady loophole has now been found to violate the Montana Constitution.
Securing the southern border
Where have you been for the last three years, Jon?
New companies coming to Montana
One may ask, WHY aren’t Libby (or Eureka) on that list?
Time for accountability
The all-Republican Commission approved a 28% rate hike, the majority of which falls on small businesses and residential users – renters and homeowners.
Montana Supreme Court protects taxpayers and students equally
The reduction in uniform mills would have reduced taxes for out-of-state corporations by millions per year. By comparison, this change would have reduced an average homeowner’s property taxes by only $45 per year.
A 2023 Political Recap: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
When we look back on the last year, all these changes and more were brought you by one party and its supermajority: Montana Republicans.
More history on the Stimson Mill
In 2002, Stimson was being hammered with rapidly escalating and ultimately untenable insurance premiums due to W.R. Grace’s asbestos legacy.
Pride of a craft
America was built by a lot of people with dirty hands. They are still building it.
Southern border is a national security risk
Montana is a northern border state with a southern border crisis.
Support for meat made in a lab
It has the potential to dramatically reduce the suffering we inflict on animals, as well as our greenhouse-gas emissions and pandemic risk.
Ballot issues leave county resident concerned for 2024 election
When our ballots were somewhat late, I called the election office in Libby. They told me I could come to Libby to get our ballots. I went to our Eureka county commissioner and asked if our ballots could be faxed up…
The truth about your home’s property tax increase
As we prepare to write an actual check for our home property taxes, we are livid.
Strengthening the integrity of Montana’s elections
We’re now less than a year out from one of the biggest elections in Montana history.
A bad recipe for our republic
They talked to those 4,347 voters about 13 months after the 2020 election and based on what the voters told them got the facts, or at least the facts as the voters could remember them more than a year after they vo…