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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…
An existential threat to our democracy?
Sociopathy leads to an absence of guilt and capacity to inflict harm on others for pleasure or power...
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.
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.
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.
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...
"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…
Flathead Lake level simple solutions for full pool
Fisheries will also benefit from more water being available later in the season.
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.
How beautiful is it in reality?
The fact is: poorer, more rural states are greatly assisted by richer states.
Public lands betrayal: We will not forget or forgive
So when Sen. Steve Daines quietly collaborated with Sen. Mike Lee of Utah to slip an amendment into the so-called...
RMEF strongly opposes sale of federal public land
“We call on our membership and all outdoorsmen and women to contact their federal lawmakers and encourage them to remove this provision and support public access,” added Weaver.
Questioning the value of Montana’s U.S. congressional delegation
Cuts to Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security that Montanans depend on? Why not.
Critical of county approval for rural subdivisions
And the reason subdivisions are approved with no consideration given to issues raised?
Republicans and Christianity
Trump's support requires a gross misunderstanding of the mission of God’s people on earth to love thy neighbor.
Bits n’ pieces from east, west and beyond
While most of President Donald Trump’s tariffs are not yet activated, Trump’s trade war has cost companies more than $35 billion in lost sales and higher costs, Reuters reported.