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Chairlift: Six little words
Last Wednesday was one of those sublime days on The Big.
Cut the budget, not the Constitution
I had the opportunity, during the second Bush administration, to engage in advising struggling democracies in a project then known as “democracy building."
Good ol’ Montana freedom
Witness the dominant “freedom” party and its ironic proposals in Helena: BAN personal choice with one’s own body, IMPOSE dominant religious beliefs, OUTLAW anti-viral medicines, BAR bathrooms to keep out "undesirab…
Anti-life
People rely on the rMNA vaccines developed for Covid 19. Both Moderna and Pfizer clinics produce these vaccines.
In a Nutshell: Protecting Medicaid expansion in Montana
In February 2025, the Montana House of Representatives passed House Bill 245, a bipartisan effort to remove the sunset clause from Montana's Medicaid expansion program.
Visiting with friends
Early one morning a lobbyist for a trade union enters my office.
Montana’s Nuclear Future
Montana has historically played an important part in US energy transitions throughout its one hundred thirty-five-year history.
Whitefish Council compensation could be funded by a tax increase
If you voted “yes” to city council compensation on the November ballot, did you ever consider it would have to be funded with a tax increase?
Letter to Montana citizens and businesses that rely on Amtrak
On Jan. 20, the Federal Railroad Administration released a report to Congress titled, “Amtrak Daily Long-Distance Service Study.”
Save our wolves
Wildlife management has no place in politics.
Create Youth Advisory Council to engage young people
During last week’s Whitefish Community Development Board meeting, students from Mr. Webb’s A.P. Government class presented solutions to problems facing Whitefish as part of the Vision Whitefish Growth Policy Update…
Welcome to the Senate
Following my fourth term in the Montana House, I faced either political extinction, as term limits in Montana limit the number of terms served for legislators and state office holders, or a run for a newly configur…
The sickness of wolf trapping
Wolf trappers and their supporters share in their hatred, cruelty and violence toward wolves.
CFAC: three ways EPA’s decision fails us all
While the EPA’s Record of Decision recently issued for the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. Superfund site is dismaying, EPA’s failure to do so without actionably considering public concerns and numerous technical issue…
Proud to have put students first
Serving as your state superintendent has been an honor.