Eastern Montana Congressman, fascist and freedom-hating Matt Rosendale also hates our public lands, wanting them managed for the benefit of corporations and the wealthy…

From the Daily Montanan: https://dailymontanan.com/2023/05/24/rosendale-calls-blm-activist-organization-ahead-of-hearing-on-land-conservation-proposal/? BLM, conservation, The Mountain Pact

From our man-caused climate change section: incredibly, Montana is already experiencing wildfire smoke season, as record high temps plague the Pacific NW, wildfires burn in Canada & the MT legislature makes things worse…

From cnbc.com: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/17/wildfires-burn-millions-of-acres-in-canada-send-oil-prices-higher.html From Montana Free Press: https://montanafreepress.org/2023/05/12/gianforte-signs-climate-change-analysis-ban-into-law/ unprecedented drought, tar sands oil, climate change denial, Gianforte, HB971

The Republican approach to every problem seems to be the same: prohibit people and communities from deciding what’s best for themselves — the affordable housing crisis is no different (of course, no mention of not advertising Montana, anymore)…

From Montana Free Press: https://montanafreepress.org/2023/05/10/how-the-montana-legeislature-tried-to-tackle-housing-crunch/? There are simply too many people in Montana now. Our environment and infrastructure is suffering because of too many people....

A recent front-page article in the Carbon County News, “City Council listens to STR Recommendations,” outlines how Red Lodge is attempting to deal with the nationwide dilemma of STR’s impacting neighborhoods and affordable housing…

From The Carbon County News: https://www.carboncountynews.com/news/city-council-listen-to-str-recommendations/article_579a9e72-d326-11ed-a592-a372da094466.html short-term rentals