The fact that Governor Gianforte was missing-in-action during recent natural disasters even caught the eye of the Washington Post…
From the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/06/16/montana-floods-gianforte/?
Poll reveals what long-time Montanans have known for some time now: “Quality of life down, growth too fast”…
From the Daily Montanan: https://dailymontanan.com/2022/05/03/university-of-montana-poll-quality-of-life-down-growth-too-fast/?
Another take on the goofy and stereotyping TV melodrama Yellowstone, from a Native American perspective…
From High Country News: https://www.hcn.org/issues/54.5/indigenous-affairs-art-on-yellowstone-and-the-white-desire-to-control-the-narrative?
Montana’s Republican legislators continue to seek special legislative session and don’t mind wasting taxpayer dollars in search for evidence of non-existent voter fraud…
From the Helena Independent Record: https://helenair.com/government-and-politics/mt-republicans-try-again-for-special-session-to-investigate-elections/article_3f4c205f-d8db-53d3-9215-74d8b046de24.html
For many long-time residents Montana’s population boom is a crappy deal figuratively, but it’s also a crappy deal literally…
From the Montana Standard: https://mtstandard.com/business/growing-septic-system-use-outpaces-wastewater-treatment-so-its-sprayed-on-land/article_a430c9dd-21a0-5edc-8c4b-1358e5c888e2.html
Opinion: A new report says most Montanans feel the state is overcrowded with tourists, but possibly the state is just plain overcrowded, and perhaps it’s not the tourists but the newcomers who are souring our politics that should be the real concern…
We like the idea of destination management, as opposed to destination marketing. More here from the Daily Montanan: https://dailymontanan.com/2022/03/10/report-montanans-say-state-overcrowded-with-tourists/?
If you don’t like Montana’s Constitution you don’t like Montana, and some other state may suit you better. Period…
From Darrell Ehrlich and the Daily Montanan: https://dailymontanan.com/2022/03/10/montanas-last-best-document/?
Man-caused climate change is not something in the future, it’s here now: the western United States is in the grips of a historic drought…
Important information from NPR: https://www.npr.org/2022/02/14/1080302434/study-finds-western-megadrought-is-the-worst-in-1-200-years
Gun violence in Montana claims another life…
More information from the Billings Gazette: https://billingsgazette.com/news/local/16-year-old-billings-hotel-shooting-victim-idd-fourth-shooting-death-in-billings-this-year/article_2d439cc7-e0ce-5e85-93b2-70913b615d0d.html?
Active Montana COVID cases reach 13,476, but are likely underreported…
Please, wear a mask. And if you haven't already been vaccinated now might be a good time! Important read here, from Politics406: https://politics406.com/active-montana-covid-cases-reach-13476-but-are-likely-underreported/