Medicare is better than nothing, though it still costs more than it should, but “privatized” Medicare is even worse, and Medicare “Advantage” plans threaten rural hospitals…
From fiercehealthcare.com: https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/tiny-rural-hospitals-feel-pinch-medicare-advantage-plans-grow Beartooth Billings Clinic, many small, rural hospitals in Montana, greed, need single payer, stop profiteering
When our local news aggregator site — the Montana Independent News — writes its own local news the articles tend to be biased and unprofessionally written, such as a recent pro-STR piece…
The Montana Independent New article let realtors repeat the nonsense that Red Lodge would suffer with restrictions on short-term rentals, and that tourists would stop...
News about short-term rentals Red Lodge should consider…
From Montana Free Press: https://montanafreepress.org/2023/10/18/bozeman-votes-to-ban-some-short-term-rentals-grandfathers-others/? Montana has an affordable housing crisis, and Red Lodge is no exception. We need to stop being simply a playground...
More consequences of man-caused climate change, as our farmers are paying more for insurance…
From insideclimatenews: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07092023/climate-change-crop-insurance-increases/? Man-caused climate change is not only causing environmental catastrophes and getting people killed, it's bankrupting people.
Another good reason, Red Lodge, to require that those certain motorcycles, the ones designed to be obnoxiously noisy, “pipe down in town”…
From The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/09/health/noise-exposure-health-impacts.html? crime, drugs, increased law enforcement costs, some businesses have to close, alienate regular tourists, over-tourism, not a great image,...
“Western resort towns being loved to death”: Red Lodge (and many similar towns in our region), are you listening?…
A good read, from High Country News: https://www.hcn.org/articles/south-economy-western-resort-towns-risk-being-loved-to-death? Gardiner, Montana, Colorado, Headwaters Economics, many places not meant for so many people, overtourism
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
BREAKING: MYSTERIOUS “LAW ENFORCEMENT INCIDENT” CLOSES YELLOWSTONE ROAD CORRIDOR…
From mybighornbasin.com: https://mybighornbasin.com/mysterious-incident-close-yellowstone-road/ Yellowstone National Park
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....