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Editorial

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Updated 1 year 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 1 month, 1 week ago
Hunting is a valuable tool in managing mountain lions

But animal rights activists aren’t trying to make sure hunters eat the mountain lions that they hunt. Their true goal is to prevent hunting in general, starting with a species the public knows little about.

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Bits n’ pieces from east, west and beyond

The Federal Trade Commission alleges an American oil CEO attempted to collude with OPEC to inflate prices, numerous media reported.

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Stop feeding the turkeys

Which leads me from turkeys to tourists.

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Something’s rotten at Montana’s Fish, Wildlife and Parks

The latest case involves Dr. Eileen Ryce, the Administrator of the Fisheries Division who was mysteriously placed on “administrative leave” as of May 17.

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
The moving scales of justice

In taking a political position, it is important to not let the other party seize the day.

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Montana is facing a statewide land management crisis

Your community would rally to keep a local rancher in business. Won’t you do the same to keep a local sawmill in business?

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
A case for banning book bans

As naive as some of these Moms for Liberty groups are, I had been exposed to plenty of porn and cussing long before I entered a literature class as a junior in high school.

Updated 2 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 2 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 2 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 2 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 2 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 2 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 2 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.