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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…
Forest management
The eco-extremists do not want us, the citizens and visitors to Montana, in the woods. Period.
Selenium standards
The BC Premier resigned to join the Teck Board. Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau declined an IJC Committee to study transboundary pollution. Montana has no jobs threatened by the selenium limits, all we get is more …
Fighting the fentanyl crisis in Montana
In April, the Justice Department announced charges against several leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel and numerous other individuals accused of trafficking fentanyl.
Citizens not happy with Libby Cemetery maintenance
We follow the rules and regulations set forth by the City of Libby, but recently it appears the city does not even follow its own regulations and rules.
An argument for bringing life into the world
It is inconceivable that anyone could try to justify killing a fetus, a baby in the womb, because they can’t afford to raise the child.
Has a good lady missed the mark?
It seems OK though to allow young undeveloped minds to be influenced by violent shoot-em-up video games where the goal is to kill all in your path!
Guns have changed everything, especially childhood
My brain fritzed out with confusion: Here a drill, but in Florida, children were being mowed down. Relief, and yet also great grief. Other mothers were getting different news.
Opportunities to fix forests in the farm bill
Fixing our forests will ultimately require cutting through the environmental red tape that prevents many forest-restoration projects from getting off the ground or stalls them until they go up in flames.
The debt dilemma and tax cheats
Only relatively recently has the idea that “taxation is theft” been seriously suggested in the public discourse.
Congress must stand up for common-sense gun laws
I know there are gun owners who own and use stabilizing braces for sport shooting who do not want the actions of some bad actors to limit the rights of all gun owners.
Bits n’ pieces from east, west and beyond: Billionaires profit from Covid-19
Jeff Bezos gained $17 billion, while union busting; Elon Musk became $153 billion richer while also union busting, and Warren Buffet gained $47 billion while denying rail workers sick leave.
Taking on China to defend our Montana way of life
And while the spy balloon certainly got a lot of headlines, the truth is that China has been working to undermine us for a long time now.
The best way to honor those who didn’t make it home is to fight for those who did
I’ve taken the lead in introducing bipartisan legislation with 12 of my colleagues, including every Navy SEAL in Congress to ensure the VA is granting veterans access to life-saving mental health care in their loca…
Associaton of counties not happy with Gianforte veto
His veto ignores 132 legislators from both parties who voted for SB 442. It ignores 56 county commissions and numerous local governments who support the bill because it supported needed county road maintenance, ena…
Bits n’ pieces from east, west and beyond
A New York judge recently denied Trump’s lawsuit filed in 2021 against The New York Times, following the paper’s investigation into his finances. The judge said the Times action was protected by the First Amendment…