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The Big (true) Beautiful (not so much) Bill
After all the concern about runaway government spending and the hand wringing about the budget deficit why on eart…
Internet access aid should help Montanans not Musk
Monica Tranel has started publishing on Substack under Monica Tranel from Montana Connections. Her article on broadband access caught my eye as at times I am frustrated with my internet access.
HB 207 limits competition for your vote
Last year, I had the honor of running as an Independent candidate for the Public Service Commission in Western Montana. My goal was simple – to stop out-of-control rate hikes that profit out-of-state stakeholders w…
Subsidizing healthcare or billionaires
It looks like the only way Congress can pay for tax cuts for billionaires is to cut spending on Medicaid and Medicare. Why? It’s like the bank robber Willie Su…
Republican senators say leaders must face ethics investigation
As senators, we are charged with the responsibility to serve the people of Montana by working together to shape laws that are in the best interest of our state. As Republican senators, we believe we have been taske…
Be the wind
What is a demagogue? Wikipedia says this: A demagogue is a power-seeking person who uses many of the following techniques:
Small-scale nuclear reactors pose big waste problems
Two bills moving through the Montana Senate would encourage siting nuclear reactors and their radioactive waste in Montana (HB 623); and allow importing and enriching uranium from out of state (HB 696).
Meaningful property tax relief not on the agenda
Montana legislators are halfway through the session and blowing their own horns. But a closer look at proposed legislation reveals empty promises and endemic corruption.
Representative Reksten supports Medicaid HELP Act
This session I’m supporting HB 245, which allows us to continue to provide important investments in rural healthcare.
Have they no decency at all?
To paraphrase Alexander Hamilton, “only the people can decide, by their conduct and example, whether societies of men and women are really capable or not, of e…
HB 207 makes hurdle higher for third party candidates
There’s an effort in the Legislature to keep Montana citizens off the ballot.
Bipartisanship at its finest
It was 2011. I was travelling on business and I was travelling fast and comfortably in my 1976 Olds 98 with the Olds 455 engine. Coming down from Browning alon…
Commissioner takes issue with police chief's book
The last issue of the Lake County Leader included an article about a recent book written and published by Polson City Chief of Police George Simpson titled, “Polson Chief Authors Book on Public Law 280 and Indian L…
Appreciates legislators' support of Medicaid
I am writing to express my gratitude and appreciation to our local legislators for their unwavering support and leadership in voting for HB 245. This crucial legislation has preserved Montana's current Medicaid pro…
Where is the outrage, Republicans?
The demented and dangerous actions of President Elon Musk and King Donald Trump, two of the richest men in the world, take aim at the poorest children in the world by dismantling the AID programs.
We are no longer 'Leader of the Free World'
For the first time since the end of WWII, the position of “Leader of the Free World” is vacant. Donald Trump relinquished that title formally on Friday with a disastrous and embarrassing meeting with Ukraine’s Pres…