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Letters to the Editor

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Updated 2 days, 20 hours ago

The best use of political power

In 2008, during my last year in the Montana Legislature, a woman came to me with a problem. I made a phone call to…

Updated 1 month ago
Incompetence meets corruption

Montana Republicans have made a few mistakes of late, what in baseball would be called “unforced errors,” meaning they were all avoidable.

Updated 1 month ago
Montana works better when we listen to Tribes

For too long, the state government has made decisions about tribal lands, people and resources without bringing tribes into the room. That’s not just disrespec…

Updated 1 month ago
Buyer's remorse

With almost 50% of the popular vote and many promises made, people hoped that 47 would be different from 45 and that all Americans’ lives would be improved. Not so, prompting widespread buyer’s remorse.

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Broadband access grants diverted to billionaire

Montana was awarded $628,973,798.59 through the BEAD (Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment) program. In March, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick announced that BEAD was reversing the decision to prioritize f…

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Don’t let Montana’s water protections be washed away

Montana is under threat – not from a natural disaster, but from a wave of legislative proposals that would erode the very laws designed to protect our water, our communities, and our future.

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Mentorship helps break cycle of substance abuse

Substance abuse, particularly opioid misuse, continues to devastate families in Montana.

Updated 1 month, 1 week ago
Who will speak out for Mahmoud?

I raise my voice for Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Kahlil. Trump is silencing Mahmoud through politically-targeted illegal deportation. Trump doesn’t like Mahmoud’s opinions and activism on Gaza.

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Commissioner praises dealership expansion

I am writing this letter to congratulate Don Aadsen Ford in Ronan on their acquisition of Ronan Motors. This is a large investment in their continuing goal of providing great products and service to the residents o…

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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.

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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…

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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…

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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…

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Be the wind

What is a demagogue? Wikipedia says this: A demagogue is a power-seeking person who uses many of the following techniques:

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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).

Updated 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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.